At some
point during late summer or early autumn, E.ON, the company which operates the
wind farm on Ovenden Moor, will submit a planning application to Calderdale
District Council for permission to repower the installation. Their intention is to reduce the number
of turbines from the current twenty-two to nine.
However, these nine turbines will be considerably larger than those
currently visible from Haworth Moor.
At 115m they will have a significant detrimental visual impact on the landscape.
E.ON are
holding Open Days at Ovenden on Friday, 6 and Saturday, 7 July from 10am to 4.30pm when the public can visit the wind farm and see the
plans for the repowering. It will
also be an opportunity to express opinions about the proposals.
A
representative of the Brontë Society will be attending on one of the days to
discuss the plans with E.ON.
Full
details of the repowering proposals and the Open Days can be found at http://www.eon-uk.com/generation/ovendenmoorrepower.aspx
Contact
details for E.ON are as follows:-
By post:
Ovenden
Moor Wind Farm
FREEPOST
RRSE-KZCU-AZJL
E.ON
Westwood
Business Park
Westwood
Way
Coventry CV4 8LG
By email:
By phone:
0800 096
1199
3 comments:
The existing turbines are visible even more far away than just Haworth Moor. They can be seen from as far away as north of Skipton.On paper a reduction in turbines may look good but nine ,considerably larger, turbines will certainly have a wide visual impact on a very large area of this part of Yorkshire.
I still don't see what the Bronte Society has to do with this.
This has everything to do with the Bronte Society. The landscape of the moors is directly relevant to the works of the Brontes, especially Emily.
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