Planning for wind farm refused

An Bord Pleanála has rejected a plan by a power company to build a new wind farm across the western tip of the Comeragh Mountains in Co Waterford.

Ecopower Developments Ltd applied to Waterford County Council to construct nine wind turbines with heights of up to 127m close to the Waterford-Tipperary border near the village of Ballymacarbry, about 5km south of Clonmel.

However, the proposal was rejected by the county council and now An Bord Pleanála has turned down an appeal by the development company.