Bozeat Lavendon Oppose Turbines
covering the villages and surrounding communities of:
Bozeat -
NEWS RELEASE
EMBARGO: For immediate use
Date of issue: 15th. April 2008
Npower withdraw planning application for Nun Wood Wind Turbines
Members of BLOT are delighted that local residents have won round one of the fight
with Npower who proposed to erect 16 wind turbines on a peaceful rural landscape
between Bozeat -
Npower withdrew their application after English Heritage came down on the side of local residents and made representations about the siting of the turbines along such a prominent ridge where they would have been visible for miles.
"We are delighted that Npower have withdrawn their planning application" said BLOT Spokesman Graham Mabbutt. "However we are concerned that they are planning to put in a new application, and have engaged a publicity company "Green Issues" to represent them and their new plans which are expected in late summer"
"We will be watching them, and will be ready and waiting to fight the second round. We will be keen to see if they are moving the wind turbines away from the ridge to which English Heritage objected, because if they do they will be moving them to an area that is less windy. We will also be watching to see if they propose moving the turbines further away from the houses at the edges of Lavendon and Bozeat, and if in doing so they are moving them closer to Harrold. We also want to see what effect any changes in the plans will have on the historic Three Shires Way. We cannot see how they can meet these objections and still retain an economically viable site."
ENDS.
Notes to Editor: This News Release is in response to that issued by Green Issues on behalf on Npower renewables on 14th. April 2008.
BLOT is "Bozeat and Lavendon Oppose the Turbines" The organisation was set up to fight the Nun Wood Wind Turbines Application for 16 turbines planned between Bozeat, Lavendon and Harrold across the historic Three Shires Way.