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Contact your MP now about this wind farm! |
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The final decision on the Westfield Lane wind farm will be made by the Secretary of State. We need our MP's to let the Secretary of State know how we feel. The most important thing you can do now is to write to your local MP supporting Wakefield M.D.C's refusal of the this wind farm and ask them to inform the Secretary of State to reject this appeal.
Councillor Peter Box, Leader of the Wakefield Council has already written:
"I fully support the decision of the Planning and Highways Committee. The Council is committed to achieving our targets for renewable energy, but this must not be at the expense of the landscape and amenity of local people. I consider that this proposal would cause substantial harm. I endorse the many representations made by the people of Darrington and the wider area against this proposal, and urge the Secretary of State to reject this appeal."
Send your own objection to your local MP asking them to inform the Secretary of State to reject this appeal. We also need as many to object as possible, so ask your neighbours to do the same.
For your MP to act on your behalf please ensure that you include your own contact details including your postal address.
If you live in the Pontefract and Castleford area your MP is:  Letter to MP to inform the Secretary of State to reject this appeal
Yvette Cooper MP
1 York Street,
Castleford,
WF10 1RB
If you live in the Hemsworth area your MP is:
Jon Trickett MP
1a Highfield Road
Hemsworth
Pontefract
WF9 4DT
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Article by MICHAEL BRITTON Chairman Darrington Parish Council Pontefract and Castleford Express pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk 30 November 2009
On October 28 the Darrington wind farm appeal process finally concluded.
After a long and somewhat draining 16 days, Mr Richards, the Pontefract Wind Farm Action Group's barrister, made his final submission.
He stated that after the original application had been unanimously rejected by Wakefield Council's planning department, the list of those opposed to the project had continued to grow.
No less than seven parish council have declared their opposition to the proposed development. West Park Residents Group was, like Pontefract Wind Farm Action Group, formed specifically to oppose the proposed development.
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Wind farms can cause noise problems finds study |
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Article by Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent, Telegraph, www.telegraph.co.uk 28 January 2010
The noise caused by wind farms can make some people ill, according to experts.
The study by a panel of independent experts found that the irritation caused by the noise around wind farms can effect certain individuals.
Scientists dismissed the idea of a "wind turbine syndrome" where the vibrations in the air or the particular sound waves from wind turbines cause headaches, nausea and panic attacks.
However, they did concede that the swishing sound caused by wind turbines can "annoy" some people, keeping them awake at night and even causing psychological problems because of the stress.
The Government is planning on building thousands more wind farms onshore and the report has led calls for more research into the noise effects caused by the turbines.
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