The Save the Vale Association is aware of several proposals to install wind turbines in rural Somerset and Dorset. These include:

• Chewton Mendip
• Cricket St Thomas
• Cucklington - click here to see details of the proposed installation
• Click here to see how South Somerset District Council promote Cucklington, as it is today!
• Click here for further details on Ecotricity’s planning application.
• Portland
• Winterborne Kingston
• Winterborne Zelston

The Save the Vale Association is particularly concerned by what appears to be a long-term and ongoing relationship that has developed between South Somerset District Council (SSDC) and the turbine developers Ecotricity, whereas local people have only very recently found out about the proposed developments. The following illustrations of this apparent partnership have been sourced from SSDC’s website.

Please click on the links to see the following texts from the District Executive at South Somerset District Council, which date from January 2002:

• Resolution 412: Wind Turbine Development in South Somerset
• Item 7: Report on Wind Turbine Development in South Somerset
• Memorandum of Understanding between South Somerset District Council and Ecotricity