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Pontefract wind farm rejected |
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Credit: Garforth Today, www.garforthtoday.co.uk 24 June 2010
Plans for a wind farm near Pontefract have finally been blown away.
The Secretary of State yesterday rejected the plans for five turbines on land off Westfield Lane following a 10-day inquiry in October.
Residents living near the proposed site said the towering turbines will be too close to their homes.
The scheme had already been rejected by Wakefield Council, but Banks Renewables, who were behind the proposals, appealed against the decision, sparking the public inquiry.
The report on the inquiry decision says: "Having weighed up all the relevant considerations, the Secretary of State concludes that the factors which weigh in favour of the proposed development are not sufficient to clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and other harm identified.
"He therefore does not consider that very special circumstances have been demonstrated sufficient to justify inappropriate development in the Green Belt."
Residents living near the site formed the Pontefract Wind Farm Action Group (PWAG) and West Park Action Group to oppose the plans.
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MP adds voice to storm over Darrington wind farm |
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Article by Ellen Beardmore, Pontefract & Castleford Express 23 February 2010
A STORMY battle over plans for a wind farm in Darrington has taken a new twist after MP Yvette Cooper wrote to the minister deciding its fate.
Banks Renewables' controversial bid to install five 125-metre turbines off Westfield Lane was heard at a public inquiry last year and is awaiting a final decision from John Denham, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
In a letter to Mr Denham dated January 22, Pontefract and Castleford MP Yvette Cooper said she was "concerned about the proximity of some of the turbines to the village of Darrington" given the geography of the area.
She also highlighted the fact that the plans had been rejected by Wakefield Council planners and opposed by Labour, Conservative and Green politicians - with her constituents "understandably keen for you to know the strength of local feeling on the issue".
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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.
The British Horse Society, South Pontefract Forward Group, Carleton and Darrington school governors and Wentbridge House Hotel have all declared their opposition. Selby District Council has objected and both the local Labour and Conservative groups have declared their objections.
Our MP has stated that the proposed development is inappropriate in the proposed location; even the Green Party has lodged an objection.
Over 2,000 letters from people opposed to the development have been received; in short it would seem difficult to find any local individual or organisation that is prepared to support this proposal.
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