PWAG site syndication http://www.pwag.co.uk 2008-05-11T22:25:06+01:00 text/html 2008-05-04T05:30:54+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/costing-the-earth-2.html Wind Rush - BBC Radio 4 Thursday 30 August 2007 PROGRAMME INFORMATION Costing the Earth tells stories... text/html 2008-04-28T19:00:00+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/a-response-at-last-from-banks-2.html Banks Developments have at last responded to P.W.A.G's Objection Document by engaging an Environment and Planning Consultant to comment... text/html 2008-05-01T11:19:53+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/quotes-2.html Turbines are getting so big and overpowering as to be outrageous in any rural context. Their impacts on the... text/html 2008-05-01T14:58:08+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/pontefract-castleford-express-thurday-may-1st-2008-2.html TAKING A STAND: Pontefract Windfarm Action Group members (from left) David Smith, Graham Fletcher, Tony... text/html 2008-04-21T19:23:48+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/unsafe-2.html There is much political comment from developers that wind farms are safe and free from accidents. P.W.A.G.... text/html 2008-04-25T16:34:25+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/yorkshire-post-25thapril-2008-2.html (Extract from) Wind farms: Guaranteed to generate a controversy Published Date: 25 April 2008 By Sarah Freeman (mailto:sarah.freeman@ypn.co.uk) An... text/html 2008-04-06T07:58:16+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/too-close-to-homes-2.html (The turbine in the photo is 15metres shorter than the ones proposed for Westfield Lane.) One of the massive... text/html 2008-04-18T12:30:45+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/yvette-cooper-is-in-town-2.html Did you let her know your views about the wind farm! Yvette Cooper was in Pontefract town centre Saturday 19th... text/html 2008-02-11T09:37:33+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/pontefract-castleford-express-thursday-february-2008.html Below are just a few of the names of people who have objected to the proposed wind farm.... text/html 2008-04-07T10:52:13+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/extension-of-time-2.html The date for the planning application has been extended to the 30th June 2008. The plans... text/html 2008-03-25T14:44:48+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/darrington-parish-council-newsletter-march-2008-2.html WIND FARM UPDATE The wind-speed wind-mast has been erected. As you know, Darrington Parish Council unanimously objects to this... text/html 2008-03-13T05:53:51+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/yes-they-are-this-big-2.html text/html 2008-03-24T16:30:18+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/pontefract-is-being-surrounded-2.html Has world gone mad? Are we going to be totally surrounded by wind farms in Pontefract? Plans are being drawn up... text/html 2008-03-20T19:09:20+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/twice-the-height-2.html I never realised they were going to be this big! text/html 2008-03-12T17:59:12+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/who-looks-after-us.html Issue new guidelines When a contractor applies to build a wind farm the only criteria that council planning departments... text/html 2008-02-26T16:52:00+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/banks-grant-w.m.d.c-planners-extension-2.html There has been an extension of time to the end of March 2008 to complete the work required to assess... text/html 2008-03-07T07:01:52+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/reality-check-2.html Note the white van (Yes the turbines are that big). This could be Pontefract South. The nearest turbine would be... text/html 2008-03-09T12:22:38+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/wind-test-mast-to-be-erected-2.html Banks Development erected the wind test mast on week commencing 10th March 2008. This is a temporary structure that... text/html 2008-02-11T09:22:42+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/w.m.d.c.s-landscape-architects-statement-2.html Summary of response by B Tupper, PLA for Wakefield MDC:- The turbines are close to residential dwellings. Their height... text/html 2008-02-08T15:14:56+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/pontefract-castleford-express-thursday-february-14th-2008-2.html South Pontefract Wind Farm Your property could lose up to 30% of it's value* and under English law there's now't... text/html 2008-02-09T15:08:27+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/pontefract-castleford-express-thursday-february-7th-2008-3.html Yes we need wind farms but SOUTH PONTEFRACT WIND FARM IS TOO CLOSE TO PEOPLE'S HOMES... text/html 2008-02-01T05:12:53+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/banks-development-wins-wind-mast-appeal-2.html The Application for a Wind Mast on land adjacent to Westfield Lane,Darrington was finally approved by an inspector appointed by... text/html 2008-02-01T06:17:13+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/proposed-wind-farm-too-close-to-people-s-homes-2.html Plans to build a wind farm have taken a huge step forward after consents for a wind tester mast have... text/html 2007-09-21T05:16:05+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/living-with-windpower-2.html Concerns have been expressed in the Yorkshire Post that with the number of speculative wind farm applications going through the... text/html 2007-08-18T13:12:12+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/pwag-submits-formal-objection-document-to-wmdc-2.html PWAG has worked with a group of experts to produce a formal Objection Document which has now been handed to... text/html 2007-09-13T14:29:20+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/banks-developments-appeal-against-wind-mast-refusal-2.html On 10 September 2007 Banks Developments appealled to The Planning Inspectorate against the Wakefield MDC refusal to allow the erection... text/html 2007-08-22T15:08:13+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/wind-farm-proposed-in-knottingley.html Mark Lavery of the Yorkshire Evening Post reported in an article on 16 August 2007 about a proposed wind... text/html 2007-08-19T11:57:41+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/the-case-for-nuclear-energy-2.html Bruno Comby is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique, with a postgraduate degree in nuclear physics. He is a well... text/html 2007-08-30T14:23:46+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/assessing-the-uks-wind-rush-2.html Wind power is the fastest growing renewable energy sector in Britain according to an article on the BBC web... text/html 2007-08-19T09:39:48+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/nuclear-power-is-the-only-green-solution-2.html Regarded by many 'greens' as one of the founding fathers of the environment movement, you might expect James Lovelock to... text/html 2007-06-27T06:56:34+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/yvette-cooper-visits-west-park-homes-2.html Our local Member for Parliament, Yvette Cooper visited West Park Homes on Friday 22 June 2007 to meet local residents... text/html 2007-07-26T13:29:12+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/wind-farm-petition.html An e- petition has been opened on the Prime Ministers 10 Downing Street website calling for a halt to on... text/html 2007-07-28T14:27:44+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/deliverying-the-green-alternative-2.html Delivery of part of their green alternative energy wind power station at Cefn Croes - visit their website,... text/html 2007-08-01T12:32:55+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/blimp-flies-over-darrington-during-july-2007-3.html Watch out for our blimp that will be flying at 125m above Westfield Lane. It will be flying on... text/html 2007-07-28T12:52:31+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/we-urgently-need-more-volunteers-2.html In spite of our success in campaigning to have the Planning Application for a wind mast on Went Edge to... text/html 2007-06-16T10:52:19+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/were-getting-a-blimp.html Watch out for our blimp that will be flying at 125m above Westfield Lane. It will be flying on Tuesday's,... text/html 2007-07-19T10:52:00+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/banks-propose-a-wind-farm-in-micklefield-2.html Banks Developments are proposing to build another large wind farm 10 miles north of Darrington on the outskirts of Leeds.... text/html 2007-07-13T13:25:30+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/wind-mast-planning-application-rejected-2.html The Wakefield MDC Planning Committee voted on Friday 13 July 2007 to reject the Planning Application to erect a 60m... text/html 2007-07-07T14:16:02+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/house-prices-and-economy-overview-2.html David Holmes, a member of PWAG, reflects on the latest rise in interest rates announced on 6 July 2007.... text/html 2007-06-24T13:39:48+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/darrington-feaste-fayre-3.html Pontefract Windfarm Action Group (PWAG) members had a display stand at the 2007 Darrington Feaste Fayre held on... text/html 2007-06-04T13:32:12+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/standard-letter-2.html A standard letter is now available for you to download and send to Wakefield MDC to object to the proposed... text/html 2007-05-23T04:43:28+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/plans-for-saddleworth-moor-windfarm-scrapped.html BBC News reported on Saturday 12 May 2007 that plans for a controversial wind farm scheme near Saddleworth Moor have... text/html 2007-09-01T19:00:00+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/wind-farm-rejected-despite-main-road-location.html Cambridgeshire councillors have shelved plans for a wind farm on visual grounds, even though it would have been next to... text/html 2004-07-07T11:54:06+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/example-news-item-4.html Banks Developments have now submitted their planning application for the erection of six wind turbines, highway access junction improvement... text/html 2004-04-12T11:54:06+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/example-news-item-3-2.html On 23 January 2007 Banks Developments submitted a planning application to Wakefield MDC to erect a 60 metre high mast... text/html 2007-06-16T10:42:24+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/wind-farm-noise-unbearable.html A letter in the Brechin Advertiser dated 14 May 2007 highlights the plight of Jane Davis and her family who... text/html 2004-07-07T11:54:06+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/example-news-item-1.html Plans for a 60-metre high wind monitoring mast next to a Shropshire reservoir have been thrown out by councillors who... text/html 2004-06-12T11:54:06+01:00 http://www.pwag.co.uk http://www.pwag.co.uk/welcome-to-joomla.html Darrington played host to the BBC Look North team on 27 March 2007. Harry Gration and Christa Ackroyd came along...