PROPOSALS for a windfarm 3.3 kilometres east of New Luce have been submitted to Dumfries and Galloway Council.
The scheme has been put forward by Belltown Power UK Wind Limited (Belltown) for five wind turbines with tip heights ranging between 200-230 metres and a total generating capacity of approximately 33 MW, in addition to a battery energy storage facility with a capacity up to 3.8 MW.
The 145-hectare proposed site currently comprises open moorland which is used as grazing land.
The application comes after 18 months of consultation with residents, which included public exhibitions held in June 2023 and March 2024 and a virtual exhibition.
Speaking about the project, Fraser Shepherd, development manager at Belltown, said: “We would like to thank everyone who has taken the time to respond to our consultation and to give us their views over the last 18 months. This has been invaluable in helping us shape our final proposals and in understanding local people’s priorities.
“We will work together with the local community and the landowners to deliver a project that maximises local benefits and clean energy, whilst sympathetically protecting and enhancing the natural environment.”
If the proposal is approved, Belltown will aim to start construction in 2027.
Residents now have until March 9 to make formal representations to Dumfries and Galloway Council about the proposal.
