Is there a law that prohibits turbines to be located within 2km of houses?
No, there is no law that states this. Scottish Planning Policy 6 (SPP6) Annex A provides guidance to be considered in to the formation of planning policy and broad areas of search for onshore windfarm developments over 20MWs in size. The extract reads: “Broad criteria should be used to set out the considerations that developers should address in relation to local communities. These should ensure that proposal are not permitted if they would have a significant long term detrimental impact on the amenity of people living nearby. When considering spatial policies, planning authorities may consider it helpful to introduce zones around communities as a means of guiding developments to broad areas of search where visual impacts are likely to be less of a constraint. PAN 45 confirms that development of up to 2km is likely to be a prominent feature in an open landscape. The Scottish Ministers would support this as a separation distance between turbines and the edge of cities, towns and village
