Wind turbine plans for Cumbrian farm likely to be thrown out
News & Star|Jenny Barwise|September 3, 2013
Bridekirk, Dearham and Broughton Moor parish councils are all recommending that the plans be refused and the council has received 45 letters of objection with reasons to throw the application out ranging from views over the Solway being spoilt, property prices being affected and a negative impact on tourism.
Bridekirk, Dearham and Broughton Moor parish councils are all recommending that the plans be refused and the council has received 45 letters of objection with reasons to throw the application out ranging from views over the Solway being spoilt, property prices being affected and a negative impact on tourism.
Plans for a wind turbine which have sparked mass opposition from villagers are expected to be thrown out today.
Richard Gott wants to install the single turbine, which will be nearly 40 metres high, at Burton House Farm at Tallentire, near Cockermouth.
But Allerdale Council has been bombarded with letters of objections from people living in the area, who are strongly against the proposal.
Bridekirk, Dearham and Broughton Moor parish councils are all recommending that the plans be refused and the council has received 45 letters of objection with reasons to throw the application out ranging from views over the Solway being spoilt, property prices being affected and a negative impact on tourism.
Jean McCambridge, of Main Street, …
... more [truncated due to possible copyright]Plans for a wind turbine which have sparked mass opposition from villagers are expected to be thrown out today.
Richard Gott wants to install the single turbine, which will be nearly 40 metres high, at Burton House Farm at Tallentire, near Cockermouth.
But Allerdale Council has been bombarded with letters of objections from people living in the area, who are strongly against the proposal.
Bridekirk, Dearham and Broughton Moor parish councils are all recommending that the plans be refused and the council has received 45 letters of objection with reasons to throw the application out ranging from views over the Solway being spoilt, property prices being affected and a negative impact on tourism.
Jean McCambridge, of Main Street, Tallentire, is one of the 45 objectors.
She said: "There would be an unacceptable adverse impact upon the local landscape character. The cumulative effect of so many turbines in the area would be unacceptable."
Another resident, Ian Wheeler, of Rook Farm Close, said: "This proposed development will spoil the wonderful view across the Solway and is too close to residents. The village has already been blighted by the Tallentire Hill development. Surely enough is enough."
In a council report, prepared for this afternoon's development panel meeting, the planning officer says that Burton House Farm is a dairy farm with major import cost for electricity.
"The applicants sets out that a wind turbine of this size will allow it to be self-sufficient in electricity, providing an important boost in income and therefore increasing the viability of the family farm. The farm has three generations of farmers working at the farm," said the report.
The officer goes on to conclude that "balancing the degree of harmful effects of the proposal", against the "benefits arising from the promotion of renewable energy development" it is considered on balance, the development may have a significant cumulative landscape and visual harm that is not outweighed by the proposal.
Members of this afternoon's development panel meeting are being urged to refuse the application.