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'We Don't Want Wind Farms Here'
"I like the idea of green energy," he says. "I just don't want it on our doorsteps."
Residents of the tiny village of Routh objected when they discovered land behind their 26 homes was being earmarked for a wind farm.
East Riding Council refused the application, but developers RidgeWind have appealed to the Planning Inspectorate, with further developments expected in the near future.
And with E.ON proposing an offshore development off the East Yorkshire coast, the issue of wind farms is set to remain on the agenda.
The Routh reaction is identical to those seen in other communities when onshore wind farms are mooted.
May 22, 2008
in Hull Daily Mail
It is a common accusation hurled at people like him, so his request for a definition of "nimbyism" is surprising.
Robin Bean, 48, one of the protesters fighting plans for a 12- turbine wind farm at Routh, near Beverley, is upfront about his Not In My Back Yard approach.
He doesn't want 12 wind turbines, bigger than Beverley Minster, behind his house.
"I like the idea of green energy," he says. "I just don't want it on our doorsteps."
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