This story appeared in the Cumnock Chronicle yesterday.

A company hoping to build a wind farm near Dalmellington have claimed that nearly half of residents in the village back their plans.

RWE npower renewables say that the findings of a survey they carried out in December last year shows that Dalmellington residents are less likely to object to wind developments than other nearby villages.

However, the village’s community council have hit back, branding the claims ‘laughable’.

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