Trevor Izon Former Labour Representative PDF Print E-mail
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Trevor Izon (Former Councillor for South Pontefract)
We all must feel responsible for looking into and considering various forms of energy.  However, there has to be much analysis and consultation involved and not merely "band wagon jumping".
This proposal could cause severe distress and hardship amongst the people living in the hamlet of West Park.  It could also greatly affect the quality of life of residents of the neighbouring villages.  (I, myself, live half-a-mile from one of the proposed turbines in the Went Valley).
I am firmly against this proposal and will fight it "all the way".  In my opinion, it is based on selfishness and greed.
The proposal directly contravenes, in my opinion, the Council's policy of 'Healthy Sustainable Communities'.
Wakefield Council's Planning Committee rejected even the Wind Monitoring Mast in a unanimous decision.  This decision should have closed the door on such a proposal.
The Government's Minister should have endorsed this democratic decision, not unpick it!
I await with interest public and Ministry reaction to the new proposal for some huge turbines located around Ferrybridge Station, including one with a proposed siting six hundred metres east of the Ferry Fryston estate.
Trevor Izon
(Former Councillor for South Pontefract)