I was very losely involved with Mointeach gun Mhuileann and we were successful in getting the "big" windfarm planned for Lewis refused however other, smaller, windfarms have been approved in the area though they aren't built yet.
The campaign was a long one and it took a lot of time, and I mean 4 years, and resources with a very many people working on it almost full time. I would suggest you take a look at the web site and get in touch.
http://www.mwtlewis.org.uk/
Clearly it is easier to fight hundreds of turbines rather than a few turbines and the people who want to put these things up know that, I think they got that lesson after Lewis, hence why they now apply for small numbers of turbines and then "extend" the site. You need to be careful they aren't playing that game with your 9 turbines, they might just be the first 9.
This is also one of the reasons why it is vital we keep the green nutters from getting any say should there be a hung parliament as they are all for these things, but then they are all for killing several million people each year from malaria as well. In the case of the wind farms it is possible to play divide and conquer with them by pointing out environmental damage caused by the turbines, on Lewis we were lucky enough to get them fighting (almost literally on one occasion) among themselves.
Also the idea that they bring in money just isn't true, as you say the landowners get a pile of cash and they make great claims for the number of jobs they will create, however these jobs are only during the construction phase. The local community rarely has a workforce skilled in windfarm construction and so those employed even in construction are often not local. One windfarm near where I live is controlled remotely from Florida in the USA and only employs one engineer and a PR person in the local area.
Another thing is it is worthwhile making it as difficult as possible as sometimes the company involved, looking to make a quick buck from green grants and the like, will either find that it is more trouble than it is worth or figure that it will take too long to get the planning permission and the grant situation may have changed by then making it uneconomic. Needless to say attempts to make a profit from actually generating electricity from wind turbines are doomed to failure so it is only the government grants that are driving the windfarm boom. Once the grants are gone the turbines will be abandoned in short order as they will be a cost rather than a source of profit for the companies owning them. Who clears up the mess will be interesting to see.
Good luck.