There are lots of people who are very concerned about the impact of this proposed development, so let's have your views here.
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I know most of the villagers won't be bothered about it as it's not on their doorstep but the Parish of Church Eaton does extend beyond the village. Do the villagers realise that there are going to be 6 massive turbines the size of Big Ben just up the road! It's not just the impact the turbines are going to have on the area once they're built; can you imagine what the area is going to be like whilst they are being put into place and the miles of cabling the needs to be laid to take the energy away! The local area is not going to benefit from being self sufficient in energy; we won't be getting cheap electricity!
The Parish Council also needs to be proactive following the meeting that was held at the beginning of June. Where are the minutes they need to be on the website?
Many of the people who will have to live next to these turbines, if planning is passed, support all the village activities - they will be there at the Promise Auction on Saturday Night and the Festival so come on Church Eaton help us.
Chris,
The Parish Council Minutes go on the web site when I receive them from the Parish Clerk - usually just before the next meeting. I suggest you take the matter up with her.
As for your main point. Many people in the village are concerned about the scale of this development even if they are not directly affected.
The maps and links are on the Village Web site, so readers can find out more about the proposal.
Personally, I think that there must be many better sites that will not have such an impact on local residents. How about on top of the Wrekin? These things look fine from a distance
17 June 2009 11:55
The developers MUST carry out a full Environmental Impact Assessment so they can prove that it will not do any damage to wildlife. Ideally, this must be carried out over two full years to get an accurate picture. Besides the roads and concrete that will be put in place, wildlife can be displaced and put at risk of being killed, particularly birds and bats so surveys need to be carried out during this season and next year to ascertain what inhabits the site now.
Near Penkridge, the same firm is proposing Turbines near a large heronry and in an area inhabited by many bats, all protected species. Recently it has been discovered that turbines change the barometric pressure around them and bats are unable to withstand that change and their lungs explode - barotrauma.
We are fortunate enough to live in an area of Staffordshire which is relatively unspoilt.
Why should we risk our landscape when there is no benefit, but only misery to those being effected.
Church Eaton and the surrounding area should stand firmly against the proposed turbines.
Rural England is already under threat from the clown outfit at Westminster, it doesn't need this too.
I know everyone thinks 'not on my back door' but we have to think of future generations and different sources of energy.
Also the developers are going to have to 'put good' the jroads etc after the event, so we could benefit!
Open your minds!
I can't speak for everyone on the goalpost campaign but i fully support any campaign against the wind farm.As stated by Christine Hill the parish of Church Eaton does extend beyond the village and so this does effect us as a community.
SMITHY
Check out the village parish magazine - there is a copy of the last Parish Council minutes included. The Parish Council HAVE acted upon the thoughts of everyone at the meeting.
There are plenty of potential sites that could be considered "brown-field". Why spoil what is - and should remain - protected, open countryside? For example: There are miles of motorways crossing Staffordshire, so installing the turbines near to these would not increase the noise pollution already there.
On Monday last, a blimp was hoisted aloft, from Bob Giles premises in Marston, to a height of 426 feet in order to replicate the actual height of one of these behemoths. There was a reasonable wind blowing at the time so the real height of the blimp was less than intended. Despite this, the blimp was clearly visible from halfway up Goosemoor Lane, from the Gnosall lane by Mick Beard's property and from the top of the bank immediately after the play park.
Moreover, unless I'm mistaken, the location used for this trial is not the worst case scenario as the potential location of one of them close to High Onn Wood would be on higher ground than Marston, thus makingthat one even more visible from the village.
Please note that someone has been ripping down the STAG campaign posters in the village.
I would also like to ask that if anonymous is firmly in support of the King Street Wind Farm, why are you still anonymous??
I personally studied for an Environmental Science degree and like everyone else understand the need for alternative sources of energy. But surely there are other places in the country or area where they will be FAR more productive (i.e where it is always windy) and no extra money will have to be spent on altering the infrastructure in order to site the turbines.
Josie
Please will someone tell us what STAG means.
I have got as far as "Stop The" and "Action Group", but "Stop the action group" seems a bit odd!
If anyone wants to see my "Blimp from Oak Close" pictures, they are with the windfarm links on the village web site.
It is clearly visible on the zoomed-in picture, but on a normal scale view it is hard to see. I suspect that on the actual sites they will not be visible from this location.
Personally, I do not object to the look of them, but I am concerned about noise and disruption. I am convinced that this is a silly place to put them and I think Church Eaton should support our neighbours who live much closer to the turbines.
STAG - Stands for Stop Turbine Action Group, but we are far from being Nimbyists (Not In My Back Yard' ists). The group is also not against sustainable or renewable energy sources. As there is a lot of material which deals with this issue, we have created a website http://www.kingstreetstag.co.uk which is effectively a blog, source of information. Having only recently being involved with the campaign group I have to say the wealth of evidence and affects this will have for the whole region is very compelling and more than scaremongering or conjecture.
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