Fairlie Community Council have called for a darker ‘battleship grey’ colour for the Hunterston ‘A’ cladding at the power station.
The site, which is in the state of decommissioning, has had a cream white cladding over recent years, and has proved controversial, even receiving a quip from former Millport councillor Ian Frane that it looked like the ‘Hunterston Hilton’.
And fresh proposals for new cladding are of a similar cream colour.
Community councillor David Telford pointed out that the current cladding can be seen from around the Clyde, and ‘sticks out like two sore thumbs’.
Chairman Rita Holmes pointed out that the cladding is important as it will be visually seen for the next 80-100 years.
Member of the public Alan Holden pointed out that the neighbouring’ Hunterston ‘B’ blended in better with its surroundings, and you don’t notice it as much from a distance.
Former community council chairman Steve Graham said: “There was always an argument about what the final covering would be, and there is the opportunity to put some input, some say battleship grey, or khaki green, so it would blend in with the back hills.”
The proposed ‘replacement weather envelope cladding’ will surround reactor buildings and associated works at the industrial site.
Applicants Magnox state that the replacement is necessary to replace the current temporary weather enclosure. Largs Community Council also called for the colour to be a darker colour to help minimise the visual impact.