W.M.D.C's scrutiny of the proposal to build a wind farm at Westfield Lane has been superficial and thus far has not addressed P.W.A.G's concerns. W.M.D.C. appear to be blindly adopting Government guidance, which, according to the guidance itself, should be adjusted in light of local circumstances. If the turbines are given the go ahead they will be the tallest and closest yet to such a large number of houses and this would set a dangerous precedent. There is a high probability that the quality of life in the villages surrounding the proposed Westfield Lane site would be irreparably damaged. P.W.A.G. is therefore pressing W.M.D.C. to give their case detailed scrutiny and to take the following actions:

• To address all the issues raised by P.W.A.G. in its Objection Document and its Addendum.

• To discharge its statutory duty as a Planning Authority by carrying out a suitable and sufficient health and safety risk assessment concerning public safety on Westfield Lane.

• To discharge the requirement in the Planning Policy of assessing the balance of harm locally versus the benefit to the environment of the proposal and to make that assessment publicly available.

• To consider the implications of the close proximity of other wind farm proposals in determining the most appropriate site in the district (proposals for Knottingley, Birkin, and Ferrybridge are all in the pipeline and a site at Hemsworth has not been ruled out).

• That all major public health issues are considered not just the bare bones of atmospheric noise including emerging concerns over excessive noise through the air and low frequency noise pulsations through the ground.

• To address the potential for much greater wind farm noise in Darrington and West Park when the A1 is re-aligned to the east.

• To avoid falling into the trap of requiring developers to ‘adjust the turbines accordingly if a complaint is justified' since this doesn't work in practice and is impracticable and naïve to be even considered.