May 12, 2007
U.K.
U.K.
Plans for a controversial wind farm scheme near Saddleworth Moor have finally been scrapped.
German Energy Company, E ON, had been applying for permission to build seven giant turbines on Denshaw Moor for more than four years.
Oldham’s former Lib-Dem-led council gave the go-ahead for the plans four years ago, but the new Labour council rejected the scheme in February.
E ON announced they would appeal, but now say they are withdrawing plans.
Energy company E On UK wanted to build seven 350ft (106.7m) turbines on Saddleworth Moor, above the village of Denshaw.
Environmentalist David Bellamy was among those who joined a protest against the proposals.
The company said the farm would have generated enough electricity for 8,500 homes, but opponents claimed it would ruin the landscape.
12 May 2007
URL to article: https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/05/12/plans-for-moor-wind-farm-scrapped/