The planning appeal for 3 wind turbines at Tillyrie Hill near Milnathort has been refused. Liz Smith, Scottish Conservative MSP for Mid Scotland & Fife said: “I welcome the decision to dismiss the appeal and that planning permission has been refused. “Windfarm proposals are extremely controversial and in many cases communities are tired of being forced to fight applications again and again. The views and wishes of people Kinross-shire must come first. “This windfarm application represents yet another in a long line of windfarm applications being faced by Perth & Kinross Council which is seriously impacting on the planning department. “Local democracy is all about local communities being given a voice and local Councils and locally elected Councillors taking decisions close to those communities which will be impacted. “All over the country, groups have been established to fight these sort of developments, showing the acute concern felt by so many people. Sadly with the SNP Scottish Government and developers on one side many communities feel the planning process has become a David and Goliath battle with all the odds staked against rural small communities.”