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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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Ancient noise control laws swept away by the march of the large wind turbine |
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By Daily Mail Reporter. Mail Online www.dailymail.co.uk 26 November 2009
Noise control laws are so out of date they will do nothing to protect residents against a swathe of huge new wind turbines, a charity has warned.
Current restrictions only refer to existing turbines up to 90ft in height, says the Environmental Protection UK group.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has drawn up plans for around 4,000 turbines, many of which will be up to 270ft high, to supplement the existing 219 wind farms in the UK.
The environmental group, which campaigns to minimise noise pollution, says the Government guidelines were due to be revised 11 years ago.
It has written to Climate Change Minister Lord Hunt demanding that they be renewed in the light of technological advances.
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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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