Councillors vote against plan for two huge turbines at Luscombe Cross

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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Plans to build two 325ft (100m) wind turbines in a farmer’s field in South Devon have been turned down.

The scheme, at Luscombe Cross, between Totnes and Harbertonford, were rejected by South Hams District Council today.

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Councillors voted by 16 to 3 against the application by the Totnes Renewable Energy Society (TRESOC) with 4 abstentions.

It was rejected because of the “sustained and unacceptable harm to the landscape, the visual impact and effects on the historic environment”.

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Protestors who gathered outside the meeting said “common sense had prevailed.”

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