A recent inspectors decision regarding the refusal of the siting of two wind turbines near Flodden Battlefield and Flodden Monument in Northumberland (within an area of landscape value) has been upheld by the Secretary of State.
The decision notice states that ‘The Secretary of State agrees that the proposed development would introduce harm to the setting of these heritage assets…while he accepts that this harm is less than substantial, it is nevertheless significant, and he therefore attaches significant weight to this’
