First victory to Tewkesbury turbine campaigners
Wind Prospect Developments wants to install three 126 metre turbines near Upper Strensham, between Harbour Wood and Brockeridge Common.
It needs to build an access track near to the site before the scheme gets the go-ahead.
But the track was rejected by Wychavon District Council in April last year, a decision which has now been upheld by the Planning Inspectorate.
David Wallbank, chairman of the Strensham Wind Action Group, said: "We are extremely encouraged by the planning inspector's decision."
In his report, inspector Graham Cundale said the access track would 'scar an attractive tract of countryside in a way that would be very visible to the public'.
This would have a significant impact on the historic parkland known as Strensham Court, he added.
Campaigners hope the access track refusal could stop the turbines being built on farmland which overlooks the M5 and M50 motorways.
They say the machines will be a blot on the landscape and even people in the heart of Tewkesbury will see them.
The main application will be decided by Tewkesbury Borough Council as the site is in an area bordering both Tewkesbury borough and Wychavon district.
The borough council, which has received 110 objections to the plans, says no date has been set for its planning committee to consider them, but it won't be before April.
Wind Prospect's development manager Alastair Smith said: "While disappointed that the appeal was refused, we welcome the inspector's statement that any harm from the track could be outweighed by the wind turbines' benefits. We are proceeding on this basis, in the knowledge that the proposed turbines will help combat climate change and contribute to energy security.
"In the event that they are approved, we will again approach Wychavon District Council with an application for the access track."
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