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Mid and East Antrim councillors have voiced opposition to a planning application for a 14-turbine wind farm outside Carnlough on the Antrim Coast.

Concern was expressed at a meeting of the council’s planning committee on Thursday (August 4) over potential “negative impact on tourism”.

The Department for Infrastructure is consulting with the borough council over a planning application submitted by Larne-based company Renewable Energy Systems (RES) based at Millbrook, the same company that is behind a proposal for Ballygilbert Wind Farm outside Ballygally.

The Unshinagh Wind Farm will be located five miles south west of Carnlough and five miles west of Glenarm in the townlands of Drumourne Unshinagh Mountain, if it is given the go-ahead.

14-turbine wind farm near Carnlough opposed by Mid and East Antrim councillors