PLANNING AUTHORITY MOVES TO PROTECT CONNEMARA LANDSCAPE

Date Published: 08-Aug-2007

Planners at Galway County Council have refused planning permission for a wind turbine in Connemara in order to protect the nature of the areaLIR Environmental Research was hoping to erect the turbine, site track, mast and small control building compound at Tooraskeheen, ClifdenIn refusing permisison they decided that the wind turbine would have a severe adverse impact on the amenities and character of the landscape