Item8TomNananClachExtensionCommitteeReport

This document contains a planning committee agenda item from 24 June 2022, regarding a proposed extension to the Tom nan Clach wind farm near the Cairngorms National Park. The Scottish Government Energy Consents and Deployment Unit (ECDU) is consulting on the application, as the wind farm's output would be over 50 MW. The Cairngorms National Park Authority (Park Authority) was consulted on 6 April 2022 and their recommendation is split: they do not object to the proposal alongside existing and consented wind farms. However, they would object if the Lethen wind farm also gains consent, due to the combined negative impact on the surrounding hills and wildness special landscape qualities.