Item 11 and Appendices 1 and 2: Clune Committee Report 20250047PAC

This document contains a report from the Cairngorms National Park Authority's Planning Committee regarding a proposed wind farm called Clune Wind Farm. The wind farm application, submitted under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, is for 26 turbines, each with a tip height up to 200m, and an anticipated generating capacity of 187.2 megawatts. The Scottish Government Energy Consents Unit (ECU) was consulted, and the recommendation is to object to the development. NatureScot's advice is that the location and height of the proposed development would have a substantial shift in prominence, impacting the special landscape qualities of the Cairngorms National Park. The report concludes that the wind farm would have significant adverse effects and is therefore considered to fail the requirements of National Park Partnership Plan (NPPP) policies and National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) policies, leading to the recommendation that the Park Authority object to the proposed wind farm.