We are off to a good start for the New Year as the application for eight additional turbines at High Pow was withdrawn just before Christmas. The rather 'sour grapes' withdrawal letter is, at the time of writing, the last but one item on the following web page:
It makes interesting reading but our relief at this outcome must be tempered by the fact that REG are obviously planning to come back with a fresh proposal in the not distant future.
Friends of Rural Cumbria's Environment take this opportunity to thank everyone who submitted an objection to the application. If it had become a reality, it would have been disastrous for local residents in terms of visual intrusion, noise and shadow flicker, with a massively detrimental effect on the local landscape. It would have also been a major contributor to the cumulative impact of wind energy which we are currently experiencing in Allerdale.
The number of objections had topped 300 by the time the application was withdrawn, for which we are very grateful and appreciative. It really does make all the difference and we hope that we can count on our members' continued support when a new application to extend High Pow makes its appearance. We will of course circulate the information as soon as this happens.
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