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9th March 2004
- The Planning Committee for Area East of South Somerset District Council met on Tuesday 9th March and voted 6-2 to reject the application by Ecotricity to build two 100m high wind turbines. Please click here for further details.
3rd March 2004
- The Planning Officer for South Somerset District Council (Area East) has issued her recommendation for the Planning Committee, which is to meet on the 9th March to decide on the planning application for the two wind turbines at Symphony Farm. She has recommended that the application be refused. Please click here for further details.
27th February 2004
6th February 2004
- David Heath, CBE, Member of Parliament for Somerton and Frome writes to South Somerset District Council, calls Ecotricity’s application “an intrusion in to a large area of very considerable landscape value” and goes on to state that he finds it hard to imagine industrial development on such a site. Please click here for further details.
3rd February 2004
10th January 2004
- Ecotricity’s full planning application will be available for viewing by interested parties in Buckhorn Weston and Kington Magna on the 10th of January 2004. Please click here for further details.
15th December 2003
1st December 2003
- SVAG Exhibition on the 1st of December a success; a good turnout with overwhelming support for SVAG. The public - and visitors from the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA) - appear opposed to the construction of wind turbines in the Blackmore Vale – click here for further details.
15th November 2003
- Annual General Meeting of Dorset Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) concludes with statement that “while supporting the principle of Renewable Energy, Dorset CPRE is opposed to Wind Turbines that blight Dorset landscapes” Click here for further details.
31st October 2003
- David Heath has today issued a press release in which he joins Conservative Dorset MP Robert Walter to express concerns about planning processes as they relate to the siting of wind turbines. Click here for further details.
29th October 2003
- Robert Walter, MP for North Dorset today opened a debate on wind farm proposals in his North Dorset Constituency. The debate took place at 4pm and gave the Government an opportunity to respond to the concerns of local residents. Click here for full press release.
- During the debate, David Heath, MP for Somerton and Frome, supported Mr. Walter by saying: “ The hon. Gentleman has spoken about Save the Vale, which extends into my constituency covering Cucklington, Stoke Trister, Pen Selwood and other villages in the Blackmoor vale in Somerset. Does he agree that whatever the merits of wind turbines—I actually think that there are many—they cannot override normal planning considerations of landscape value? Would not it be better to have a national and a local strategy for identifying the right sites in planning and landscape terms than to leave such decisions to an opportunistic and adventitious application process?” Click here for details of the debate, as published in the Hansard.
29th October 2003
21st October 2003
- Tim Yeo, MP, Shadow Secretary of State for the Department of Trade and Industry visited Save the Vale Action Group and Clive Allen - Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Somerset and Frome, visited Cucklington on Tuesday 21st October, to meet members of the Save the Vale Action Group and their supporters. Click here for details.
20th October 2003
- On Tuesday 21 October at 10:45am Tim Yeo, MP Shadow Secretary of State for The Department of Trade and Industry will meet with members of ‘Save the Vale’ Action Group in the village of Cucklington to urge support for the opposition of two 338ft wind turbines proposed for the Blackmore Vale. Click here for the full press release.
Soon
- As the campaign continues to gather momentum, some 10,000 information leaflets and fact sheets will be distributed within the local area.
15th October 2003
- DO YOU NEED A SPEAKER TO HELP SET THE SCENE AT YOUR LOCAL MEETING?
Since becoming involved in the ‘Save the Vale’ campaign, I have gained a great deal of information that I could share with other parishes that are concerned at the impact of these installations. If you are holding a meeting, and would like a local speaker to attend and give a 10-15 minute briefing, then I would be happy to help. Although I am against the plans put forward by Ecotricity, I am able to give a balanced and factual account of the implications of the proposal. I will be only too happy to help.
Dee Worlock (click here to send me an e-mail)
14th October 2003
14th October 2003
- We are pleased to report that the Ramblers' Association have come out in our favour. They did attend the exhibition and view the site, and have written to SSDC. Click here to see a copy of their letter.
3rd October 2003
- Correction: please note that, contrary to information published in our advert in today’s Blackmore Vale Magazine, the contact e-mail address at South Somerset District Council is:
carol.rogerson@southsomerset.gov.uk
1st October 2003
- Clive Allen, Conservative candidate for Somerton and Frome gives his full backing to the opposition of wind turbines in the Blackmore Vale.
- In a letter to the Telegraph Clive Allen asks David Heath to join him in condemning this development.
- It is understood that David Heath has responded to one constituent saying he does not want to be involved in planning matters.
- English Heritage show concern at the prospect that a Grade 1 listed house used by King John will be dwarfed by the turbines.
- At a meeting at Buckhorn Weston village hall 200 or more local residents gave their support to the Save the Vale action group. More meetings will be planned at parishes around the Vale that will be most affected, in particular the Templecombe Horsington ridge. Watch the Blackmore Vale magazine and this website for further details.
- In order to raise public awareness quickly, an advertisement has been placed in the Blackmore Vale magazine for Friday, 3rd October.
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