LOCATION/TYPE

NEWS HOME

[ exact phrase in "" • results by date ]

[ Google-powered • results by relevance ]


Archive
RSS

Add NWW headlines to your site (click here)

Get weekly updates

WHAT TO DO
when your community is targeted

RSS

RSS feeds and more

Keep Wind Watch online and independent!

Donate via Paypal

Donate via Stripe

Selected Documents

All Documents

Research Links

Alerts

Press Releases

FAQs

Campaign Material

Photos & Graphics

Videos

Allied Groups

Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005.

News Watch Home

No to Westnewton wind turbines plan 

Credit:  Times & Star, www.timesandstar.co.uk 11 September 2010 ~~

Plans for three 350ft turbines at Westnewton, near Aspatria, have been thrown out by Allerdale council.

Broadview Energy Development wanted to erect the turbines at Warwick Hall Farm, to supply energy for 3,500- 5,300 homes.

More than 1,850 letters of objection were sent to the council, while Aspatria Town Council and Allonby and Westnewton parish councils also objected.

About 316 letters of support were also received.

An officer’s report to the development panel, which met at The Wave Centre in Maryport on Tuesday, recommended refusal on the grounds that it would have a harmful impact, set a precedent for building other turbines in the area, with current applications at Threapland Lees and Broughton Lodge, and because the environmental impact of the turbines outweighed the benefits.

Many villagers attended Tuesday’s meeting to speak out against to the plans.

Alan Keighley said that the amount of shadow flicker, caused by the blades passing in front of the sun, would be harmful. He showed a video of the effects of shadow flicker on a house at Bothel.

Fiona Wasteney raised concerns about vibrations and noise, and Muriel Swanson said it would harm the Westnewton conservation area and John Ryden said it would damage wildlife and the rural landscape.

Coun Bill Jefferson said: “It will have a significant effect on the landscape and I don’t think this company is listening to the local people.

“We need to protect our villages and we don’t want to see the turbines destroying the area of natural beauty and the Lake District.

“I don’t feel we should have any more applications for wind farms until we have a full investigation into how harmful they can be.”

Coun Peter Bales said: “It should be time for other districts and areas in Cumbria to take their share.”

A spokesman for Broadview Energy Developments said: “We feel that the benefits outweigh the negatives.“The turbines will provide 6.9 megawatts towards Cumbria’s renewable energy target and we feel we have done our best to listen and be sympathetic to residents.”

Councillors voted 11 to 2 to refuse planning permission.

Source:  Times & Star, www.timesandstar.co.uk 11 September 2010

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 Funding
   Donate via Paypal
(via Paypal)
Donate via Stripe
(via Stripe)

Share:

e-mail X FB LI TG TG Share


News Watch Home

Get the Facts
CONTACT DONATE PRIVACY ABOUT SEARCH
© National Wind Watch, Inc.
Use of copyrighted material adheres to Fair Use.
"Wind Watch" is a registered trademark.

 Follow:

Wind Watch on X Wind Watch on Facebook

Wind Watch on Linked In Wind Watch on Mastodon