Nutberry

Summary

Current status : Updated Environmental Statement submitted to South Lanarkshire Council for consent September 2006
Location : 6 km West of Coalburn in South Executive, SCOTLAND
Number of turbines : 6
Expected capacity : maximum of 18 MW
Planning authority : South Lanarkshire Council
Project manager : Annie Ward, West Coast Energy

Nutberry Wind Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of Falck Renewables Ltd, proposes to develop a wind farm near Nutberry Hill, west of Coalburn in South Executive, South Lanarkshire. A planning application for the proposed “Nutberry Wind Farm” has been submitted to South Lanarkshire Council for consent. Nutberry Wind Energy is a joint venture between RDC Scotland Limited and Falck Renewables.

The site lies to the west of Coalburn, midway between Muirkirk and Lesmahagow in South Lanarkshire, adjacent to the border with East Ayrshire. It is mostly within an area of privately owned commercial forestry. There are two areas of open ground, one around Nutberry Hill and one in the east of the site at Black Hill. Other than isolated properties, the nearest settlements to the site are Colburn (6 km to the east-northwest) and Douglas (6 km to the southeast).

The Nutberry Wind farm application seeks consent for the installation of up to 6 wind turbine generators. Each wind turbine will be between 2-3 MW with a maximum total generating capacity for the site of up to 18 MW.

A landscape and visual assessment of the proposal found that there will be no significant effects on areas of landscape character during wind farm construction and operation. This is due to its location within a forested and modified part of the Plateau Moorland, which is of low sensitivity with some capacity to accommodate wind farm development.