Papers seized in turbine row

POLICE took away documents from Aberdeenshire Council’s planning office in Banff last week over alleged serious irregularities surrounding applications for wind turbines.

At least a dozen people are believed to be claiming their names have been wrongly attached to a petition and letters of support for three 80-metre high turbines at Hilton, near Banff.

Some say they are opposed to those proposals, and had only given support for what they believed would be a smaller single turbine just 80-feet in height.

More than 250 names are on a petition of support, lodged with the council by Turriff-based developer Muirden Energy, for the 80-metre high turbines at Backhill of Culbirnie, Hill of Culbirnie and Little Blairshinnoch.

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