Storm over turbine rule
ENVIRONMENT bodies have hit out at plans to allow wind turbines to be built only on homes that are more than 300ft apart.
New rules would give automatic planning permission for wind turbines on homes, but only if the house is 328ft from the next residential property.
Friends of the Earth Scotland (FES) and Scottish Renewables, the green energy trade body, have written to the Scottish Government asking for that rule to be relaxed. Duncan McLaren, the chief executive of FES, said: "This is a ridiculous disincentive to people to use that technology."
David Cameron, the chief technical officer at Scottish Renewables, said:
"If we get the rules wrong, it could be disastrous, practically excluding many technologies from urban areas."
Responses to the draft regulations will be put to MSPs later.
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Thursday 16 February 2012
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