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Countryside caught in a hurricane of wind turbines
30 April 2012
CPRE has published a report highlighting the dramatic proliferation of onshore wind turbines.
CPRE believes that turbines are damaging some of our most precious landscapes and that an unending stream of applications is threatening to undermine public support for climate change measures.
Shaun Spiers, CPRE Chief Executive said: "CPRE accepts onshore wind in the right places as part of the mix required to meet the UK's carbon reduction targets, but we are seeing more and more giant turbines sited in inappropriate locations. Communities feel increasing powerless in the face of speculative applications from big, well-funded developers.
"We must find a way of reconciling climate change mitigation and landscape protection."
The report asks the Government to act, including:
- providing more clarity about the total number of onshore wind turbines it expects to see built and where these might be located.
- adopting a strategic plan-based approach which recognises landscape capacity, including the cumulative impact of onshore wind turbines.
Read the report. Join the campaign!
(CPRE National website)
Anaerobic Digester at Sutton Courtenay
14 March 2012
CPRE Vale of White Horse District has questioned the proposal for an anaerobic digester at Sutton Courtenay on the basis that the development is too large to count as agricultural and should be viewed as an industrial development.
CPRE also believes that the figures underlining the scheme's logistics are optimistic and has called on the Council to conduct an independent expert review of the proposal to ensure that it would not lead in the long-term to the import of larger volumes of feedstock than currently claimed.
Read our letter in full (PDF).
Wheatley Wind Turbine
19 February 2012
CPRE Oxfordshire has objected to an application for a wind turbine at Castle Hill Farm near Wheatley.
We believe it would entail inappropriate and harmful development in the Oxford Green Belt, which is particularly sensitive in this area, damaging its openness through sprawl and encroachment.
We are also disappointed that South Oxfordshire District Council has waived its right to an Environmental Impact Assessment for the application.
Read our letter in full (PDF).
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