12-turbine wind farm at Land East Of Longcroft Farmhouse, Oxton

“PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT 5.1Consent was originally sought for a larger development which consisted of 19 wind turbines at 220m in height, at the time of submission, this proposal was known as the Longcroft Wind Farm (hereinafter referred to as the ‘original proposal’). Through the course of the application, turbines (T’s) 1-4 and Ts 17- 18 were removed.”

“SITE DESCRIPTION 4.1The application site extends across 8.31ha of moorland located on the southwestern edge of the Lammermuir Hills, approximately 3.5km to the northeast of Oxton and 6.4km to the north of Lauder. The site rises from 200m AOD to the south to 490m AOD to the north.”

“17.5Furthermore, in the absence of a meaningful assessment of the likely environmental effects arising from the proposed grid connection, following the Court of Session decision in Raeshaw Farms Limited v Scottish Ministers [2026] CSIH 10, the potential environmental effects of the project as a whole have not been fully considered, therefore the proposal has not adequately demonstrated if project design and mitigation can address all its relevant environmental effects as…”

“While the spread of turbines is reduced, the scale of the proposed turbines still dominates Glenburnie hillfort and its surroundings along the valley, including significant views towards the fort from Longcroft hillfort (VP H1) • When viewed from Addinston and Longcroft hillforts, the clearer spacing between the proposed turbines is viewed to result in individual turbines being more clearly visible and stark across the skyline.”

“23/01736/S36 Land East of Longcroft Farmhouse.”

“DECISION AGREED to approve the Minute for signature by the Chair subject to the following “in accordance with paragraph 36 of the SBC Procedural Standing Orders, Councillor Scott requested that his dissent to the decision taken be recorded” with regard to the application 23/01736/S36 Land East of Longcroft Farmhouse in the Appendix of the Minute.”