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Due cognizance was given to the contribution that renewable energy can make to both the economy and tackling climate change; however in this case the significant harm that would be caused to the landscape of the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the ecological impacts on protected species within the Antrim Hills Special Protection Area along with the archaeological, cultural and tourism assets in the locality outweighed the economic and environmental benefits, the department said.

Northern Ireland's Department for Infrastructure issued a notice of opinion refusing planning permission for the Unshinagh Wind Farm.

AN application for planning permission to build a wind farm at a Northern Irish beauty spot has been refused. The Department for Infrastructure (DFI) has issued a Notice of Opinion to refuse planning permission for the proposed Unshinagh Wind Farm within the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Deemed ‘regionally significant’,

A planning application for a wind farm in Co Antrim has been refused.

An 18-hole high priority drill targets have been proposed to intersect a variety of high chargeable, conductive, resistive, and magnetic anomalies...