Councillors attending a meeting of the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Planning Committee yesterday were presented with an application to build a Wind Farm off the Craigmore Road in Coleraine.
The proposal reads as follows: Wind farm comprising comprising 6 wind turbines up to a maximum of 120.5m tip height (comprising a configuration of up to 85m towers and up to 35.5m blades). The development will also comprise associated transformers, one permanent meteorological monitoring mast, communication tower, site access tracks, gates, temporary site compound, substation, electrical cabling, one site entrance including road improvement works at the existing site entrance off Craigmore Road, and all other ancillary works.
The committee voted to refuse planning for this application.