THE head of planning for Durham County Council says that he cannot see any more large-scale wind turbine proposals being put forward in Teesdale and that the value of the landscape and other factors put too many constraints for another major project to come forward. This could mean that the gigantic turbines being proposed for Hamsterley would be the last major application in the dale, the only other wind turbines that could be built would be smaller-scale agricultural ones. The constrains that are stopping developers putting forward large-scale plans in Teesdale include the impact on the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, terrain, ecology, impact on heritage, the effects on radar, effect on people’s homes and visual dominance. The plans to build a wind farm between Hamsterley and Woodland have been on the table for four years but the £12.4million scheme to build five 115-metre turbines has been hit by delays and led to protests. The energy company applying for the permission, Banks, has been asked to include more information on the effects on wildlife in their planning documents and the scheme has not yet gone before Durham County Council’s planning committee. However, a proposal to build five turbines at Punder Gill near the A66 is being lodged with the county council but these turbines would be 47 metres high, considerably smaller than the the gigantic turbines planned at Hamsterley.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 19:45:23 +0000
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