Commenting on the decision made today by Powys County Council’s Taxi Licensing and Rights of Way Committee, to refuse planning applications for the Garreg Lwyd Hill wind farm and its associated road works, Montgomeryshire Assembly Member, Russell George, said:
"I think Powys Council have made the right decision in refusing both these applications.
"I am strongly against the proliferation of onshore wind farms in Montgomeryshire which would lead to the industrialisation of our beautiful Mid Wales landscape.
"But also having been involved over a number of years in trying to solve the traffic management problems that currently exist around the centre of Newtown, I believe if the road alterations proposed by the wind farm developer had been passed, it would have lead to a large volume of abnormal loads passing through the town, detrimentally impacting not just local residents and businesses but the entire Mid Wales region."