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

News Watch Home

Residents sign up to wind turbine petition 

Credit:  Banffshire Journal | 30 April 2013 | www.banffshire-journal.co.uk ~~

A group of campaigners have taken their fight to Aberdeenshire Council’s headquarters, calling for a clearly defined minimum distance between a wind turbine development and the nearest home.

The delegation last Thursday presented council leader, Councillor Jim Gifford, with their Petition Against Close Turbines (PACT), with 1,740 signatures gathered in towns and villages in the Banffshire area.

The group say they are not against wind turbines, but rather against positioning the developments in unsuitable locations.

The petition calls on the authority to set a minimum distance of 20 times the turbine height as the minimum distance between a wind turbine and the nearest home.

Campaigners say this will provide a proportionate degree of protection to the landscape and safeguard the health and wellbeing of Aberdeenshire’s residents.

Group spokesman Paul Scrivin said: “We are against the inappropriate siting of wind turbines, as the council’s planning guidance of a minimum distance of 400 metres from the nearest dwelling is not enough.

“They are built far too close to domestic properties, and there has been such a proliferation of them in Banff and the surrounding area over the years.

“We are, however, not anti-turbine – wind energy is an element of the renewable energy programme.

“We couldn’t cover the entire Banff and Buchan area, so we decided to focus on one ward – Banff and District – and some 2,000 people were approached.

“The majority of the 1,740 who signed the petition either live in Banff and District or are regular visitors, mainly from neighbouring wards.”

“We took in Sandend, Fordyce, Portsoy, Whitehills and Aberchirder.

“The response was overwhelming. We were expecting maybe 200 signatures, but it turned out to be so much more, and shows that people in the area really feel strongly about it.

“We could have carried on to further areas, but the planning policy is to be reviewed shortly and we would not have had the time.

“Mr Gifford was accommodating and helpful when we handed over the petition.”
For more on this story see this week’s Banffshire Journal, on sale now.

Source:  Banffshire Journal | 30 April 2013 | www.banffshire-journal.co.uk

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