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Over 100 people attended a Public Meeting at Whitmore Village Hall.
They heard an update from the Protection Group about the latest situation with the proposed development for Maer Hills and an indication of the sheer scale, size and potential impact on the residents of the surrounding area.
They also heard two remarkable accounts of what life can be like for people living near wind turbines.
David Brierely's Account
The first was from David Brierely from South West Cumbria, a retired policeman, who explained how his life had been totally changed since the arrival of a wind farm some distance from his home. Having initially been willing to wait and see what the impact of the turbines would be he was stunned when he literally felt the impact on his life and on the health of himself, his wife and other affected neighbours. Believing that they had proved that the noise was excessive he was further devastated when the case the locals brought was lost on the grounds that included the statement that "audibility and annoyance are not to be equated with nuisance" !
You can read more about David's moving story by clicking here
Jane Davis' Account
The audience then heard from Jane Davis, a very brave lady from Deeping St. Nicholas in Lincolnshire. She also was in no way "anti wind turbine" but became most distressed when local wind turbines came into operation some 930 metres away from her home. She played a recording of the incredible noise which she and her family suffer, particularly when the wind is in a specific direction. At times the noise can continue for days and nights on end.
This is so severe that in order to sleep at night they had been forced to rent another property a few miles away to which the family moved every evening. Having put up with these arrangements for many months they have now had to take the even more drastic step of moving out of their home altogether! They have also been advised that the value of their property is effectively zero!
To read more about Jane's experience click here.
To read the Sentinel report click here.
The most important message the two speakers wanted to leave was that the time to fight potential injustices was at the planning stage and not to leave it till it's too late.
In addition, they confirmed that the planning process will take into account strong local arguments put forward by large numbers of affected people. Of the eighteen wind farm applications they have helped to fight they said that fourteen have been turned down and three are undetermined. |
