Cllr Roger Mathew called for a site meeting on the application which has provoked a huge amount of reaction both in opposition and support.
The 230ft high wind turbines proposed for Beech Farm have been recommended for refusal by planning officers because they feel they will have a significant effect on Dartmoor National Park and the Tamar Valley area of outstanding natural beauty.
Protesters the Windfarm Lamerton Action Group, who launched a large helium-filled balloon into the skies at Lamerton to highlight the ?size and industrial scale? of the turbines last Thursday, said they would cause ?noise nuisance and blight the area.?
The group, who are understood to be the first to use a ?blimp? as a way of illustrating the actual height of the proposed constructions, fear that if one planning application for wind turbines is allowed it could open the floodgates for many others in the area.
Cllr Mathew said a site visit would assess the impact of this proposal on the adjacent landscapes and the Grade One listed Brentor Church which is fewer than two miles away.
A packed public arena at Tuesday?s planning meeting, which included windfarm supporters and opponents from across Devon and Cornwall, saw councillors defer the item for a month.
?There are a lot of people here who would like to see the application decided today but the job of this committee is to do the right thing for the right reasons ? we have to determine this proposal based on solid policy and not emotional arguments,? said Cllr Mathew.
But Cllr James McInnes said he could not see what would be achieved by a site visit when an extensive environmental survey had already been carried out in this area and they all had a good understanding of the natural beauty of Devon.
A total of 101 letters of objection have been submitted to the planning authority and 116 letters of support. The borough council turned down a wind turbine plan for the same site last year but this time the structures are 11 metres lower.
Applicant Carol Bradford said last week that the scheme would be run as a local co-operative so the financial benefits would stay within the community.
She said there was much local support and would welcome people to the farm to find out more about the project.
LEFT: Wind turbine opponent Roger Young points to the balloon at last Thursday?s protest.