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New wind turbine taller than Big Ben will make people ‘go beserk’
Credit: by Becca Choules | The Bucks Herald | 12 December 2014 | Www.bucksherald.co.uk ~~
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A wind turbine two and half times the height of County Hall which is being built on the outskirts of Aylesbury has been branded a ‘blot on the landscape’ by locals.
The structure, which will be 149 metres tall once the sails have been placed on top, is being put up on land owned by Oxford Diocese between the town’s newest estates of Berryfields and Buckingham Park.
The 2mw turbine – which could provide enough electricity to power around 2,000 homes – was originally part of a dual application for 1,337 homes on land dubbed ‘Quarrendon Fields’ in 2010.
The district council refused the proposals but after developers appealed in 2012 a government planning inspector gave the turbine the green light while rejecting the homes plan.
In a report to councillors at the time, district council planning officers warned the turbine would look unsightly, stating: “The proposed wind turbine given its size and location would be unduly eye catching and dominating to this rural landscape due to the openess and lack of competing structures that exist at present.”
A villager from Hardwick who did not wish to be named said: “It looks like a rocket silo. It’s like Blackpool Tower, slap bang in the middle of Aylesbury Vale. No words can describe it.
“I have spoken to people in Hardwick and not one of them knew a thing about it. God knows what’s happening in Weedon – it’s right opposite them.
“Locally, we were not informed. This is a flagrant breach of planning laws.”
UKIP councillor for the area, Chris Adams spoke about the turbine to a BBC South Today crew this afternoon.
He said: “People are going to go absolutely beserk over this.
“This nasty monstrosity is going to scar the landscape – you can see it for 10 miles around.
“I had one lady up there this morning crying her eyes out.
“There wasn’t a proper consultation where pamphlets were handed out or exhibitions where you could see the plans.”
Bucks County Hall is 60 metres tall while Big Ben is 96 metres tall.
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