Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Aberdeen Airport becomes latest objector to controversial Fraserburgh turbine

Mormond Hill
Mormond Hill

Aberdeen International Airport (AIA) has become the latest objector to a controversial plan to install a turbine at the foot of a Buchan landmark.

Fraserburgh Development Trust (FDT) submitted proposals for the 259ft wind turbine at the base of Mormond Hill, near Strichen, in August.

Since then, the Ministry of Defence, civil aviation authority NATS Holdings (formerly National Air Traffic Services), and a nearby resident have all objected to its construction.

AIA has now lodged its own opposition to the scheme.

In a letter to Aberdeenshire Council planners, the airport’s safeguarding manager Fraser Bain said evidence from NATS’ reports on the impact the development would have on radar systems led to its opposition.

“The proposed development has been examined from an aerodrome safeguarding perspective and conflicts with safeguarding criteria,” he added.

“We therefore object to this application. The objection is based on the technical impact on the NATS radar and the fact that this impact is unacceptable.”

NATS had urged planners to reject the project after it was found to interfere with radar in Prestwick and Aberdeen.

And the MoD said the turbine could throw up false aircraft detection’s if it was to go ahead.

Alistair Brown, who lives in Memsie, said he was already “blighted” by the noise of turbines in the area.

In his letter of objection, he said: “We can even hear them inside the house if the weather conditions are correct – through double-glazing. Please do not make this worse.”

The RSPB has also raised concerns about the project.

Stopping short of objecting to the development trust’s bid, the bird welfare charity suggest that the cumulative impact of turbines in the area could begin to impact upon bird species.

FDT’s agents, Orkney Sustainable Energy, has said that the rural area is “suitable” for the turbine.

The firm added that the area was not “dominated” by wind projects and that the turbine could provide clean energy for the next 25 years if approved.