Anglesey council has launched a consultation in a bid to provide new guidance on the siting of turbines, and said they would delay any planning decision until that is completed.
Campaigners marched on the council offices in Llangefni last Thursday, reflecting the growing anger over the proliferation of “monster” turbines across the island countryside. Protesters also voiced concerns over biomass and bio gas proposals on the island. (One biomass plant is expected to burn the equivelent of the entire UK wood production – each year) The Council consider any turbine with a production capacity greater than 100 KW to be large
The number of applications for turbines – some 100 metres tall – has rocketed in recent months with fears the entire countryside will be covered in wind mills unless action is taken.
Commissioner Mr Aldridge said: “Wind turbines are important in the drive for low cost energy, but not at any price
A public consultation on the draft supplementary planning guidance document on Onshore Wind Energy ends on February 10. See anglesey. gov.uk/consultations to respond.
The current position in Wales regarding residential property The position was set out in a National Assembly for Wales PQ, which was answered by the Environment Sustainability and Housing Minister on 21 January 2008:
Kirsty Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire): Will the Minister make a statement on increasing the minimum distances between wind turbines and properties? (WAQ50841)
Jane Davidson: Guidance on proximity of wind turbines to residential dwellings is set out in Technical Advice Note (TAN) 8: Planning for Renewable Energy. This states that ’500m is currently considered a typical separation distance between a wind turbine and residential property to avoid unacceptable noise impacts.
The guidance on PP22 – the English equivelant suggests 350m with Proximity to dwellings – with “Is the site constrained by a population centre, or scattered dwellings” being a key consideration.
The material question is whether the proposal would have a detrimental effect on the locality generally, and on amenities that ought, in the public interest, to be protected.
Lets hope Bolton Council heed the experience of others – further down the turbine experience
“The Coalition Government remains committed to an ambitious programme of constructing wind farms, hoping to boost this number to up to 10,000 turbines onshore and 4,300 offshore by 2020. ”
“Already there are more than 3,500 turbines in Britain providing 6GW of electricity, enough to power 3.4 million homes for a year”
“As well as the 3,358 turbines already built around Britain, there are more than 3,000 consented and more than 2,000 in planning. ”
ALthough over 100 MPs have wriiten to the Prime Minister – in an attempt to stop the Wind Turbine Madness
The Letter
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9061997/101-Tories-revolt-over-wind-farms.html
