| Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
New plans for a wind farm near Tamworth set to be submitted
Credit: by Justine Halifax, Birmingham Mail, www.birminghammail.net 10 February 2012 ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Plans for two wind turbines near a Midland village are poised to be re-submitted.
A document seen by the Mail reveals firm Prowind has produced a 450-page application for Lichfield District Council in support of two 330ft turbines at Hoggs Hill, Haunton, near Tamworth.
Last April the German firm withdrew an application for four 420-foot turbines on the same site hours before a council meeting.
About 900 residents in Haunton, Clifton Campville and Elford objected to the plan because the turbines would “dwarf the landscape” and stand twice as tall as the nearby St Andrew’s Church.
Prowind has since been in close talks with Lichfield District Council and held consultations with the community.
As a result it emerged Prowind was considering offering residents a share in the green project.
Now the firm is poised to propose two, 500kw direct drive turbines at Haunton Manor Farm. The application was expected to have been submitted in January but is now expected to be put before the council later this month.
The firm has created a webpage (www.hogshillwindfarm.co.uk) to keep residents updated about the scheme and allow them to contact the project manager.
The firm stated: “We aim to involve the community at every stage of the planned development.”
It is believed that Prowind is planning to make shares available at cost for local residents for one of the wind turbines. That could then be changed to annual community funding.
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=19009 ]
