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The plans for the 100-metre high turbines were originally turned down on a number of grounds, including the impact on the surrounding landscape and local communities.
Campaigners against a proposed windfarm in north Devon are claiming a small victory in preventing the turbines.
A report by Devon County Council's environment director says the impact on the environment far outweighs the renewable energy benefits.
WIND FARM protesters have been dealt a potentially devastating blow after an influential watchdog backed developers’ pleas for compulsory purchase powers.
DECISION day is looming over a wind farm on picturesque moorland.
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"In the legal and planning tradition of this country, powers of compulsory purchase are rarely granted, and this growing precedent for automatic award of such powers to enable businesses to further their commercial ends is deeply disturbing."[Campbell Dunford, chief executive, Renewable Energy Foundation]
Proposed Windfarm at Aston Grange Farm, Acton Bridge, Cheshire
December 26, 2005 in cheshirerenewables.org
December 26, 2005 in cheshirerenewables.org
The construction of a wind farm in Cheshire has been proposed at Aston Grange Farm, located near Acton Bridge in the Weaver Valley, on arable farmland. The planned site, developed by the Welsh firm Tegni Cymru Cyf, will be the first wind farm in Cheshire and will have an expected productive lifespan of 25 years.
Plans to erect the biggest wind farm in Scotland just south of Forres on the Altyre Estate have been approved by Moray councillors.
PROPOSED WIND FARM AT ASTON GRANGE FARM, IN THE PARISH, NEAR FRODSHAM - A planning application has been received by Vale Royal Borough Council for a Wind Farm at Aston Grange Farm, by Tegni Cymru Cyf.
Hexham-based AMEC Wind Energy has put in the plans for the 20-turbine scheme on Lord Devonport’s remote Ray estate.
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We don't want wind turbines here - that was the message from Cotswolds residents at a packed public meeting.
Critics Query Turbine Figures
December 12, 2005 by Robert Brooks in The Journal - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
December 12, 2005 by Robert Brooks in The Journal - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Power chiefs behind the North-East's biggest wind farm have been accused of scaling down their plans in the face of public opposition ( but not by enough to allow the final decision to be made locally.
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MEMBERS of the West Glamorgan Commoners Association have voted unanimously to reject the siting of 34 wind turbines on Mynydd y Gwair, eight miles north of Swansea city centre.
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The Wind Farms Awareness Group before the meeting.
The encroachment of wind farms into Perthshire was again halted by councillors as another five proposed schemes were knocked back.
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People living in North Northumberland have rejected the idea of another windfarm close to their homes.
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West Devon councillors are to debate plans for a wind farm of 390-foot turbines in the face of an objection from a national charity.