Following reports last week that Planners were recommending refusal, the application to site a wind farm on Pressendye has now been formally rejected by the Local Authority. Aberdeenshire Councillors who made the decision were cheered by anti-wind farm campaigners who had argued that the turbines would have an unacceptable impact on the sensitive area which overlooks the Cairngorms National Park. Pressendye, which is a Graham popular with hill walkers, is an excellent viewpoint over Donside and lower Deeside.

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