CAMPAIGNERS against a proposed wind farm near four north Derbyshire villages have been urging people to continue backing their campaign after council planning officers carried out a site visit.
Banks Developments has submitted a planning application to Bolsover District Council to build three, 125 metre-high, wind turbines and an 80 metre-high anemometer mast.
But campaigners argued the development will create a noisy eyesore
and is too close to houses as developers launched an advertising balloon
yesterday over the proposed site in Palterton.
Barlborough-based Banks
Developments has argued that any noise from turbines can be controlled
and that the project will produce enough zero-carbon energy to power
more than 4,000 homes which is the equivalent to 14per cent of homes in
the Bolsover district.
It stated that the site was chosen due to the suitability of the
landscape and subsequent wind strength and it claims nearby communities
will benefit from the environmentally friendly scheme. Banks
Developments feels there is a growing recognition of a need for wind
farms.
Afterall they are only modern day windmills and what would you rather have - them or pylons?
