Wakefield MDC have deferred the hearing for a planning application to erect a 60m high wind monitoring mast that was due to be heard next Thursday 24 May 2007. It will now not be heard until the June 2007 meeting of the Planning Committee at the earliest. Banks Developments applied for planning permission (07/00212/FUL) to erect the mast on land adjacent to Westfield Lane, Darrington as a precursor to their recent application to build six 125m tall wind turbines (planning application no: 07/01338/FUL). Tony Hames, Chairman of the PWAG commented "This can only be good news for our local communities. Any delay to the planning application will assist our campaign to stop this industrialisation of our countryside and preserve this natural landscape ".