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

Public event call for firm’s turbine plans 

Credit:  Morpeth Herald | 25 May 2013 | www.morpethherald.co.uk ~~

Villages opposing a windfarm bid for the edge of Morpeth are calling for a public meeting about the application.

Hundreds of people have backed the campaign against the plans by Wind Ventures for four turbines up to 126metre high on a site at the former Tranwell Airfield.

The Tranwell Windfarm Action Group (TWAG) – made up of people living in Meldon, Mitford, Morpeth, Stannington and Whalton – believes that they would negatively dominate the landscape, be installed within a proposed extension to the green belt, produce unacceptable noise and have an adverse impact on tourism. And now the Mitford, Stannington and Whalton authorities, along with county councillor for the area Eileen Armstrong, have asked the county council to hold a public meeting. Such an event took place before Energiekontor UK’s proposal for five 126.5metre-high turbines on land at Fenrother was determined.

The group has also revealed that it cost about £15,000 to get expert advice and support from solicitors to put forward its detailed objection.

Karen Carins, who chairs Stannington Parish Council and is a leading member of TWAG, said: “We think that a public meeting would be very useful, particularly because there is a new county council planning committee and some members may not have been involved in the planning process before.

“This is such a big decision for them and the event would give them the opportunity to hear both sides fully explain their case in advance of the council meeting to decide whether or not to approve the application.”

She added: “I don’t think people realise how much it costs to fight plans on this scale and it’s a shame because the money will never be refunded.”

Coun Carins spoke to Defra Secretary Owen Paterson during his recent visit to the Blagdon Estate and gave him a 95-page document, including maps and statements, to show him all the windfarm applications across the North East that are currently in the planning system.

Source:  Morpeth Herald | 25 May 2013 | www.morpethherald.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