Scottish Government Plans Restrictions on Wind Farm Locations
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Wind farms will no longer be allowed in Scotland’s wildest countryside and will have to be built farther from villages, towns and cities under restrictions proposed by the Scottish government.
The new National Planning Framework and the draft Scottish Planning Policy will ban the construction of wind farms in national parks and specially designated scenic areas covering 19 percent of the land, Planning Minister Derek Mackay said in an e-mailed statement today.