Scottish government rejects scaled-down plans for Scoop Hill wind farm

Stuart Stone
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Revised plans for 60-turbine onshore wind farm thrown out, after government concludes it is 'not the right development in the right place'

The Scottish government yesterday rejected revised proposals for an onshore wind farm comprising 60 turbines of up to 250 metres in height at Scoop Hill in Dumfries and Galloway - a move developers claimed...

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