An open letter has been sent to Aberdeenshire and Moray councils expressing concerns about the development of wind farms in the Upper Deveron Valley.
The document, signed by business owners, organisations and local politicians - including Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross - requests that an urgent landscape capacity study is undertaken into the effect these developments are having on rural communities.
It argues that previous studies, in the 2014 by Aberdeenshire Council and in 2017 by Moray Council, are out of date.
