Highland Council has voted against plans for a 23 turbine wind farm at Druim Ba between Kiltarlity and Abriachan to the northeast of Loch Ness.
Planning Committee Councillors decided that the visual impact and the effect on an important tourist area would be unacceptable. The area, which is currently forestry, is just to the north of Loch Ness and very near to part of the Great Glen Way and a number of walks and cycle trails at Abriachan. The planned turbines would have been almost 150 (490ft) metres high.
The Scottish Government is now likely to make the final decision on the plans of developer Druim Ba Sustainable Energy.
A decision is still to be made on a much bigger wind farm planned for Balmacaan, between Drumnadrochit and Invermoriston to the northeast of Loch Ness, which will have 138 turbines.