Objectors locked in a 'David and Goliath' struggle to halt wind farm

Perthshire residents are campaigning against a wind farm project which they describe as "the industrialisation of a precious mountain landscape".

- ALASTAIR MCNEILL

The proposed Glen Lednock Wind Farm, on the Invergeldie Estate near Comrie, adjacent to Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, comprises 19 wind turbines with a blade tip height of up to 200 metres.

Objectors this week insisted that company Low Carbon’s application would be a major visual intrusion in a scenic part of Highland Perthshire.

They have formed a Save Glen Lednock group and urged objectors to submit comments before a consultation deadline of Monday July 20.

Comrie objector David Spaven commented: “It's a bit of a David v Goliath struggle, fighting a big multinational company - but remember that David won.

“With the combination of raised community awareness and professional report we've commissioned, we're quietly optimistic that we can stop this destructive scheme which amounts to the industrialisation of a precious mountain landscape”.