Objections
- Out of scale with nearby villages
- Inappropriate with flat rural landscape
- Little opportunity to mitigate the overwhelming presence of the turbines with natural or planted screening or land contours
- The construction of an industrial development is inconsistent with the obvious rural character of the surrounding area
- The distance from the nearest houses is less than 850m. Many independent studies in the UK and worldwide have deemed this distance to be unacceptably close. Current advice recommends a suggested minimum distance of 2km (1¼ miles)
- Health and safety issues exist regarding the effects of strobing and noise ‘swish’. The low frequency vibration from changes in air pressure can cause harmful vibro-acoustic effects.
- We believe the proximity of Turbine 4 alongside the Old Road between the A43 and Mawsley presents an unacceptable road safety risk in terms of driver distraction and a potential turbine collapse
- Independent assessment shows that every turbine irrespective of its location will generate significant periods of ‘shadow flicker’ per year. This is an unreasonable nuisance to accept where no other permanent industrial feature exists
- The ecological impact particularly relating to birds, bats and badgers must be reviewed more comprehensively than that undertaken by the applicant
- Recently published Government criteria states that inter-visibility between wind farms should be avoided i.e. no person should be able to see two wind farms from one location
- The British Horse Society has stated turbine location to be a minimum distance of 200m from bridleways. This criteria has been revised in line with the new larger turbines to 3 times height. Therefore the current recommendation for Great Cransley is 375m
