Villagers in new turbine fight
Villagers are gearing up for another wind turbine fight after an energy firm announced that it had submitted proposals for a temporary mast in the south Norfolk countryside.
Residents living near the former Pulham airfield, near Diss, were celebrating last year after plans for seven 125m high turbines were withdrawn by SLP Energy.
But campaigners were placed on alert yesterday after a different green energy company revealed that it wanted to construct three wind turbines at the former RAF Pulham site.
Officials at TCI Renewables said they had submitted an application to South Norfolk Council for a 60m tall monitoring mast at Upper Vaunces Farm. If successful, the Oxford-based firm could submit formal plans for a three turbine wind farm to the south west of Pulham St Mary by the end of the year.
But members of 4Villages , which was set up by the residents of Pulham St Mary, Pulham Market, Dickleburgh, and Rushall to oppose the previous SLP Energy application, last night said they would be lodging their objections against the new scheme.
Lucy Melrose, chairman of the campaign group, said local people were against any form of wind turbine development in the middle of the four villages.
Gavin Clark, TCI Renewables development manager, said the company began environment tests at the Pulham site in November and the proposed temporary structure would pose a “limited impact” on the landscape and would take detailed wind speed and direction measurements for a maximum of two years.
5 March 2009
Tags: Wind power, Wind energy
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