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AUGUST
6th 2008
DAVIDSTOW PARISH COUNCIL IS CALLING A
PUBLIC MEETING
ON
AUGUST 19th 2008 7pm
IN
OTTERHAM AND ST JULIOT HALL
TO
DISCUSS THE PROPOSED PLANNING APPLICATION FOR
20
WIND TURBINES
ON DAVIDSTOW MOOR
WE INVITE EVERYONE TO ATTEND SO THAT THE PARISH
COUNCIL CAN ASSESS THE VIEWS OF THE RESIDENTS OF DAVIDSTOW AND
THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHICH WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS APPLICATION
AUGUST 1st 2008
In response to the July 31st entry
below, the website received the following communication from local
resident Bob English:
About Davidstow community Wind
Back in 2007 Davidstow found out that a company Calling itself
Community Wind had posted a page on its web site about a project
called Davidstow Community wind , Nobody in Davidstow had any
idea what this was about as the company had not to our knowledge
contacted any locals accept obviously some land owners. The original
plan was for 20 turbines on the old airfield and in the woods
near Crowdy Reservoir. The company held an information day at
Camelford School but still did not contact Davidstow. Eventually
the company wrote to the parish council asking for a meeting but
the company did not respond when the Parish council said it would
have to be a public meeting. Later they had their first information
day at Tremail but still did not take the opportunity to meet
the parish council at the monthly meeting the day before ,the
company did however have a lively reception from local people
.
In the autumn a meeting was held in Camelford to form a group
to appose the development, over 200 people attended and from this
the group Stop Turbines In North Cornwall was born e.g. STINC.
Later Community wind changed their plans for turbines on the old
airfield when they found out that they could not build on common
ground although they say it was to move away from some houses.
Community Wind came to Tremail again to show their new plan’s
and on this occasion the press were there and the BBC’s
Politics show turned up do a piece for their Sunday show, again
the company had a very lively reception.
The wind farm if built would site 20 126 metre turbines in Davidstow
woods and farm land to the side of Crowdy reservoir an area where
many types of birds come to nest and feed , especially the millions
of starlings that visit ever winter. Building this wind farm at
an altitude of 300 metres will mean that the turbines will be
at the height of the near by Tors of Bodmin Moor. Most of the
land around is marshy and has a top layer of peat, this will be
severely damaged in the construction phase of the wind farm and
may permanently affect the hydrology of the area which is part
of Bodmin Moors eco system.
Community wind will ruin our Moorland with their wind farm. they
are just here to make money e.g. about £11 million a year
, The offer of a few electricity vouchers and a low energy light
bulb shop in Camelford will not justify taking part of Bodmin
moor and turning it into an industrial landscape.
The company try to give the impression that their wind farm is
a community project by high jacking the name Davidstow .They show
a picture of the 80 metre mast at the milk factory side of the
airfield, If you stand at the mast and look towards the Tors ,
imagine twenty of those 80 metre mast with 90 metre rotor blades
in the woodland in front of you, that is the real picture. Of
course the Tors will not be visible anymore and remember the trees
are only between 8 and 15 metres tall .
you can go to www.stinc.co.uk for facts about wind power and details
of how to object to this wind farm.
JULY 31st 2008
The website received the following communication from 'Community
Windpower Limited':
Hello,
As you are probably already aware, we have now lodged our planning
application for Davidstow Community Windfarm with North Cornwall
District Council Planning Department(Ref: 2008/01432).
I have attached to this email a copy of our press
release and a Non-Technical
Summary of the proposal for your information. A full
version of the Environmental Statement is available to view at
Camelford Library and the Camelford Sub-Office for NCDC on College
Road.
If you have any questions then please do contact me.
Kind Regards
Gillian Cropper (BSc)
Project Manager
Community Windpower Limited
Godscroft Lane - Frodsham
Cheshire - WA6 6XU
t: 01928 734544
f: 01928 734790
Please visit our website: www.communitywindpower.co.uk
NOVEMBER 11th 2007
The website received the following information from'Community
Windpower Limited':
DAVIDSTOW
COMMUNITY WINDFARM – UPDATED PROPOSAL
Following
community consultation, Community Windpower Ltd have re-designed
their windfarm proposal planned for Davidstow Woods.
In response to concerns raised by the local community, the proposed
20 turbines now lie solely within Davidstow Woods and farmland
to the south; it no longer occupies Davidstow Airfield to the
north of the site.
In addition, the proposed Community, Economic, Educational and
Environmental benefits which the development would bring have
been revised and now incorporate the creation of 5 new jobs, over
£35 million investment for the local area and the provision
of the remaining 50% of Cornwall’s 2010 renewable energy
target through this one development, as it would be capable of
generating up to 50MW of electricity.
Gillian Whiteside
Community Windpower Ltd
20/11/07
Link
to updated proposals full details
