Under the banner of Spittal Hill Windfarm Limited, two local farmers in Caithness, northeastern Scotland, first submitted a scoping document to the government in 2004 calling for 47 turbines. In the face of local protests, they had reduced it to just 30 turbines by the time they filed a formal application in 2007.
Highland Council, which oversees the region, had registered its opposition to the £110m ($174m) wind farm, and more than 1,500 letters of dissent were filed as part of a public inquiry, compared to about 1,300 in support.
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