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Planning permission for the
Truthan Barton Turbines has been submitted.
The
developers are well organised. There is lots of money at stake for them,
so they have engaged an array of up-county professionals to get this
proposal through. They say they have spend £500,000 so far. The only way
for us to resist is through the democratic planning process.
If you
want to object now is time. You need to do this before May 29th 2009 for
it to have an impact.
Advice on how to
object
can be found by following this link.
Remember … this
development will have a major impact on all of us: our community, our
landscape, our quality of life, our homes, our families. This development is still just a proposal,
if we want to stop it we can.... but we must act.
It cannot go ahead without planning permission. Track
the progress of the Coronation Power proposal here.
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Planning Step |
Explanation |
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Confidential
Exclusive Agreement Option with landowners signed |
The
developer's first step was
to pay local landowners for the option to develop the Turbines and their
commitment to confidentiality. The local landowner is then
obliged not to talk to his/her neighbours about the size
of the turbines, their potential location, or the sums of money
involved. Coronation Power have made
these agreements with local land owners. |
| Advisor appointed to handle planning
process |
The developers do not handle the planning
permission themselves, instead they hire professional
firms with experience of dealing
with the planning system all over the country.
In this case, the firm concerned is
RPS, an international firm with substantial experience of
pursuing Wind Turbine building projects. |
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Wind
measuring equipment planning permission granted,
April 2008 |
You can see the initial
planning request by following this
link. As you can see, there was no community involvement in
the approval meeting, and no attempt to notify neighbours of the
purpose of the mast.
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| Wind measuring equipment build, May 2008 |
The 60 metre (almost 200 feet) mast can
be seen quite easily from the A39 on the Truthan Barton farm. It
has wind measuring equipment attached to it.
This mast is less than half
the height of the Turbines Coronation Power say they will build.
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| Public Exhibition,
October 2008 |
Coronation Power held its first public exhibition in St Erme Village Hall on Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th of
October. We think the presentation was one-sided.
In particular, we think the
photographs did not give a realistic view of the full impact of
these industrial structures on the landscape. |
| Further attempts to build local
support are likely. |
Coronation Power will offer money to the village to try to persuade
us that Turbines are a good thing for us.
On their website, they claim to be
committed to listening to the views of local people and to doing
their utmost to address our concerns.
Coronation Power is a small London-based
developer owned entirely by one man. Its most recent accounts
show it to be making a loss. You must reach your own views about
whether it's interested in your views, or in getting planning permission
and making a great deal of money. |
| Parish Council
meeting , may 2009 |
The Parish Council arranged a meeting to gauge
local opinion at the St Erme Village hall on Thursday May
14th. 125 people attended, including the principal landowner
connected with the planning application. All the speakers
except this landowner expressed strong opposition to the scheme
on the basis of the size of the turbines, their proximity to the
village, noise, health, impact on water supplies, as well as,
loss of amenity for the villagers for walking and cricket.
The landowner defended the proposal of the
developer bravely, although he did not appear to understand it
fully. He did not appear to persuade anyone.
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Planning permission for the Turbines has been submitted. |
The planning application has been submitted.
If you want
to object now is time.
You need to do this before May
29th 2009 for
it to have an impact.
Advice on how to
object
can be found by following this link.
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