EIGHT wind turbines have been given the go ahead near Turnberry after South Ayrshire Council rejected the application.

An application for 360ft high turbines standing on land up to 800ft above sea level are to be developed at Kirk Hill about three miles away from Trump Turnberry.

The wind farm got planning permission in February after it was rejected in March last year by the council.

Stephenson Halliday, environmental planning and landscape architecture first became involved in the project in 2014, providing landscape and planning services to their client Coriolis Energy. 

These included LVIA and EIA coordination of this eight turbine scheme in South Ayrshire. 

Following submission of the original planning application in 2015, they continued to be actively involved in the project, providing additional environmental information including detailed landscape character analysis and updated cumulative assessment. 

Following refusal by South Ayrshire Council in 2016, Stephenson Halliday worked closely with Coriolis Energy to provide landscape and visual advice in relation to the subsequent appeal. 

The appeal was successful and approved by the Scottish Ministers in February 2017.

South Ayrshire Council previously received a request for a scoping opinion in respect of a proposed development at Kirk Hill, Kirkoswald. 

The purpose of this was to provide the applicant with details of what information the Council consider should be contained within the environmental statement.

As part of the process of preparing this scoping opinion the council consulted with a wide range of agencies (both statutory and non-statutory). 

Each of the consultees provided a response relating to their own particular remit and they are attached to the scoping opinion for your information. 

US President Donald Trump had also opposed the development saying it could destroy the countryside and have a devastating impact in tourism.

It has not yet been confirmed when the construction will begin. 

Jill Cronin, Head of Enterprise, Development and Leisure, said: "We have informed our elected members that the reporter has not upheld the decision taken by the Council to refuse this proposal.

"It was the view of Councillors that this project would have a negative impact on the landscape and also impact on historic assets in the area”.