A computer generated view
of the proposed wind monitoring mast at Thockrington near
Barrasford in Northumberland. Click
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Your Views:
Bret Cahill, USA: "Just place the wind turbines
20 miles off shore where no one will care"
Quasarstrider, USA: "Since wind power is no
good (eyesore), and I suspect neither would be nuclear,
how about a nice clean black radioactive dust belching
coal power plant instead? Support clean air. Use coal"
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The
debate about the Thockrington wind farm in Northumberland
continues
Published 13/07/05
The proposed wind
farm scheme at Thockrington, close to Barrasford continues
to receive a great deal of resistance from both the Parochial
Church Council and disgruntled local residents.
The Parochial
Church Council are concerned about the proposal to site
a wind monitoring mast to the south of the church, and which
is to be the fore-runner for 14 wind turbines which will
be three times the height of the Angel of the North.
It is their
view that this proposal should never have been entertained
for a number of reasons:
- There was no prior
consultation. Tynedale District Council have issued
a number of conditions in the Local Plan, which must be
fulfilled where applications for renewable energy projects
are concerned. For example the impact on the landscape
and especially on those places visited by the general
public, the effect on a listed building and its environment,
and the effect on bird-life. The proposals are inconsistent
with the stated policies in the Local Plan.
- St. Aidan's, Tockrington,
is a living and working church. Worship still takes
place, there are weddings and baptisms, and the churchyard
is used and maintained. There are a large number of visitors
who regard it as a special place. It is to be on the proposed
King Oswald's Way (a long distance walk for pilgrims and
others), and it is on a marked route used by cyclists.
The renowned Mother Teresa said, "God is the friend of
stillness and silence". Spirituality, evidenced by "The
Monastery" reinforces this view. The mast and the subsequent
wind turbines will be blight the life of the church, and
those who visit the area: people enjoy the tranquillity,
the remoteness, and the vistas.
The Parochial Church Council
believes it is right to be good stewards of the created
world, and concerned about the emission of green house gases
with the resultant effect of global warming, hence the need
for regeneration from renewable sources.
The Parochial Church Council
has submitted a letter to the Planning Department at Tynedale
District Council objecting to the proposal to site a
50m mast to the south of the church, noting that it is a
precursor to 14 wind turbines standing at 100m at the zenith
of their blades.
The proposal to site a wind
farm in an area of high upland value is regarded by the
Parochial Church Council as inappropriate and insensitive.
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proposed wind farm? Please contact
us and send us your views.
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