Garff Commissioners call for residents' offshore wind farm views
The meeting is set to be chaired by Captain of the Parish of Lonan Stephen Carter.The local authority has said while it would not be expressing a view itself at this stage, feedback from residents would influence whether it supported or objected to the plans when formally submitted in future.Feedback from a consultation carried out by Orsted last summer saw the firm cut the proposed size of the project from 100 turbines to 87 and reduce its total area from 97 sq miles ( 253 sq km) to 81 sq miles (211 sq km).
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