Firm appeals on wind farm refusal
The company behind plans for seven 360ft (110m) wind turbines said it will appeal against a decision to refuse permission for them.
North Shropshire district councillors said last month the plans for the wind farm in Poplar Lane near Woore would ruin the look of the local area.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council refused an application over access to the proposed site, near Market Drayton.
Nuon Renewables said it did not believe the plans should have been refused.
The firm has said the turbines would produce enough energy to power 6,000 homes.
Council officers had originally recommended the plans should be given the go ahead.
‘Flew in face’
However, more than 2,000 letters of objection were sent to the authority by local residents.
The Shropshire council’s planning committee said the turbines would have had “an unacceptable adverse impact” on listed buildings nearby.
Nuon’s project manager Graham Davey said: “Having taken further advice we remain firmly of the view that the decisions taken by the councillors flew in the face of the evidence and were contrary to the advice of their own officers.
“Nuon is confident that this wind farm proposal is of a scale and design appropriate to the site and we look forward to the opportunity of presenting the case at appeal.”
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council’s planning committee had refused an application for vehicle access from the B5026 in Staffordshire.
3 October 2008
Tags: Wind power, Wind energy
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