Garvagh wind farm plan
Council’s monthly planning meeting overturned an amended proposal from independent MLA, Councillor David McClarty, to discuss the matter further with planners in order to find an accommodation for the applicant, TCI Renewable, Belfast, as well as local homeowners.
However, Garvagh representative Adrian McQuillan MLA, supported by Deputy Mayor, Councillor William King, proposed they approve the project as planners were recommending approval and objectors had managed to stall it since 1997.
“This is an area of the countryside which is ideal for wind turbines,” he said. “It will put money in the pockets of local quarry workers and has already been reduced in size by a quarter.”