Windfarms have been a sizzling matter as soon as once more at this month’s assembly of Moffat and District Group Council (MDCC).
Group group Save Our Hills Moffat (SOHM) delivered a presentation on Tuesday night time detailing their objections to the proposed windfarms at Scoop Hill and Rivox.
The presentation was the second of its form following an analogous presentation by Dr Ashley Lloyd, of the College of Edinburgh at an off-the-cuff group assembly in August.
SOHM described the city as a ‘threatened group’ and harassed that the granting of planning permission for the developments would change Moffat’s character, surroundings and financial system and switch its repute from that of ‘a captivating conservation city nestling amongst unspoiled hills’ to being the ‘turbine capital of Dumfries and Galloway’.
Following the presentation there have been calls from members of the general public for the group council to host a public assembly to debate the matter additional.
Nonetheless the suggestion was greeted with apprehension from group councillors, and MDCC chaiperson Liam O’Neill mentioned: “The group council is right here to get and collect representations from the entire group. We’re unable to rearrange a public assembly on the behalf of a selected group which might solely current a one sided argument to the city, when the group council has taken a impartial stance on windfarms.
“If somebody can produce proof that there’s a majority throughout the group which might be against this, we’d undertake a stance of opposition.”
After a prolonged dialogue, MDCC agreed to ask for an extension to the group session interval from the Power Consents Unit of the Scottish Authorities.
In response to the choice, Save Our Hills Moffat chairman Terence Leigh mentioned: “It was strongly appreciated that MDDC appeared to take critically the subjects raised by SOHM and have already taken a primary step to hunt additional time from the Power Consents Unit of the Scottish Authorities, with a view to full affordable and knowledgeable Group dialogue concerning the newest particulars of the purposes within the time out there.”
