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Campaigners vow to fight windfarm

Damon Wikinson
27/ 3/2007

CAMPAIGNERS have vowed to fight plans to build a windfarm near Wardle every step of the way.

Renewable energy firm Coronation Power has this week submitted a planning application to build 12 125m-high turbines at Crook Hill on the moors above Littleborough.

But the Friends of The South Pennines are to object, claiming the farm will blight the moors landscape.

Spokesman Chris Edwards said: "Members of our group are now busy scrutinising every aspect of the submission in advance of having discussions with the councils and Coronation Power.

"We will be creating a formal document which will outline all our objections in detail, which we will be submitting to the planning departments in due course."

"We would also encourage anyone else who is concerned by these plans to write with their objections to their planning department."

Coronation Power hopes to erect seven turbines in Rochdale and five just over the border in Rossendale.

Access to the site would be along Calderbrook Road near St James's Church.

The firm estimates an average of 13 vehicles per day would use the route, although this could rise to 55 at busy times.

At some points lamp posts and street signs may have to be removed and the road could be widened to allow large machinery, including 45 metre-long turbine blades, to be transported.

Further planning permission would need to be sought for any changes.

Power generated by the turbines would then be connected to the national grid in either Littleborough or Whitworth.


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   It's always the same isn't it, the Luddite brained tree hugging bleeding hearts will stop at nothing in their quest for attention!
millipede, Helsinki
2/04/2007 at 16:51
   The visual quality of windfarms is subjective. You don't here people complain about pylons as they are used to them. Simple people tend not to like change. People state that windfarms are unsightly and an eyesore. Personally I am looking forward to looking out of my lounge window at the scoutmoor windfarm. It's always the same with the anti windfarm campaigners, NIMBY. Not matter how they dress up their arguments it's always NIMBY. Out to sea is ok, on scoutmoor is ok, but this location is wrong, why, well it's simple, that is where you live. I look forward to reading all the usual rubbish about noise and location and house prices etc etc.. On the Scoutmoor site they used to say put them out to sea, but then they offerred help to a lady who was campaigning about them being out at sea. The sooner people stop being so selfish and look at the bigger picture the sooner we can all move on to a better quality of envirnoment. Currently we are destroying what we have.
Friend of Scoutmoor, Near Scoutmoor
1/04/2007 at 11:59
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