BBC News reported on Saturday 12 May 2007 that plans for a controversial wind farm scheme near Saddleworth Moor have finally been scrapped. German Energy Company, E ON, had been applying for permission to build seven giant turbines on Denshaw Moor for more than four years.

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E ON announced they would appeal, but now say they are withdrawing plans.  Energy company E On UK wanted to build seven 350ft (106.7m) turbines on Saddleworth Moor, above the village of Denshaw. Environmentalist David Bellamy was among those who joined a protest against the proposals. The company said the farm would have generated enough electricity for 8,500 homes, but opponents claimed it would ruin the landscape.