| Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
Wind power test mast refused
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
A proposal to put up a test mast to gauge wind speeds at the former Pulham airstation has been refused planning permission.
Green power company SLP Energy sparked a storm of protest when it revealed earlier this year that it wanted to develop a windfarm at the site near Harleston to generate clean, green, renewable energy.
A protest group was set up by residents of the four neighbouring villages after claims that the seven proposed 125m-high turbines would blight their communities.
The company wanted to use the 60m-high test mast to gather data for an 18-month period in order to establish whether the site was suitable.
Parish councillors have been consulted and are divided over the issue.
South Norfolk Council received 222 letters of objection from residents and two letters of support.
Planning officers had recommended the mast be approved with conditions, but it was refused planning permission at a meeting of the council’s south-west area planning committee which was attended by more than 150 people on Tuesday.
By Emily Dennis
13 September 2007
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
| Wind Watch relies entirely on User Contributions |
 (via Stripe) |
 (via Paypal) |
Share:
[ Short URL: https://wind-watch.org/news/?p=6966 ]
