Did you know that the EIA report states that 'Downstream watercourses are at potential risk of flooding and any changes to the hydrological environmental (typo in the report) that results in additional flow could exacerbate the likelihood of flooding'? Also that ‘All the catchments within the Proposed Development discharge into the River Annan. Downstream of the site boundary the River Annan has extensive areas at a high risk of flooding encompassing road and rail networks, residential areas and farmland around the towns of Lockerbie and Lochmaben’? You might not live or work in these areas, but if you use the train (going north or south) or local roads, your journey could be disrupted for long periods in times of heavy rain...
Spare a thought also for those in Lockerbie and Lochmaben, as it is the primary responsibility of a property owner to provide its own flood protection (at its own cost), even if the problem is attributed to development elsewhere.
But there'll be flood prevention measures put in place right? The EIA report only goes so far as to say it is 'envisaged' that the potential risk of increased flooding can be effectively mitigated. Not a word a property owner wants to hear... In all likelihood, with a development of this scale, there will be some changes to the hydrological environment, so in return for wind turbines we are put at greater risk of flood events...
I would agree, Moffat has already had some £750K , from wind farms spread across at least 40 groups, so maybe now is the time to focus on the vital few. e. g. one community used their money to build housing for local people for example.