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VORTEX
WIND FARM ACTION GROUP
Veto On Rural Turbine EXpansion
WIND FARM ACTION GROUP
Veto On Rural Turbine EXpansion
21/11/09
- November draw - the final draw of the windfall club set up to help fund the defence of our landscape at the public enquiry:
1st no.148; 2nd no. 154; 3rd no 209
28/10/09
- October draw of the windfall club: 1st no. 26; 2nd no 17; 3rd no 2
26/11/09
- Supper party celebration for Vortex helpers at the Croft
24/10/09
- Bonfire night celebration for residents at Knighton Village Hall
26/09/09
- September draw of the windfall club: 1st no. 147; 2nd no 194; 3rd no 163
26/08/09
- time limit for Nuon to request a Judicial Review is passed
25/08/09
- August draw of the windfall club: 1st no.177; 2nd no.124, 3rd no. 130
25/07/09
- July draw of the windfall club: 1st no. 110, 2nd no. 198, 3rd no 57
15/07/09
- BOTH APPEALS DISMISSED by the planning inspector
24/06/09
- June draw of the windfall club: 1st no. 183; 2nd no. 20; 3rd no. 57.
27/05/09
- May draw of the windfall club: 1st no. 137 ; 2nd no. 188; 3rd no. 212
06/05/09 -02/06/09
- Public Inquiry at Woore Victory Hall
25/04/09
-April draw of the windfall club: 1st no. 110; 2nd no. 78; 3rd no. 10.
25/04/09
-2nd AGM was followed by a very successful Fund Raising Quiz at Woore Village Hall
24/03/09
-March draw of the windfall club - 1st No. 131; 2nd No. 92; 3rd No. 105
08/03/09
-David Bellamy led a walk from the White Lion, Knighton, up along Poplar Lane and back via Smithy Lane to Knighton. Over 70 people joined the walk despite the wintry weather.
07/03/09
- 9am -4 pm Blimps were flown at each end of proposed string of turbines. Over 1500 photos were brought to Knighton Village Hall for cataloguing.
27/02/09
- Preliminary meeting with PI - Woore Victory Hall
24/02/09
- February draw of the windfall club:- 1st no 12, 2nd no 107, 3rd no 93.
26/01/09
- January draw of the windfall club:- 1st no 6, 2nd no 1, 3rd no 150.
22/12/08
- Christmas draw of the windfall club:- 1st no 121, 2nd no 101, 3rd no 120.
01/12/08
- Windfall Club Launched to raise the necessary funds to engage professional counsel and consultants to fight Nuon’s Appeal
15/11/08
- 60’s evening at Knighton Village Hall - much enjoyed by everyone with a live band and a hot supper - in excess of £3500 was raised.
10/11/08
- Appeal by Nuon now lodged with the Appeals Directorate
02/09/08
- NSDC Development Control Committee voted 11:3 to refuse the planning application for 7 wind turbines at Poplar Lane Bearstone.
19/08/08
- Newcastle Borough Council voted 16:3 to refuse the planning application for the access and track in Staffordshire.
The development control committee also voted 19:1 to strongly oppose the application for the 7 wind turbines at Poplar Lane lodged with NSDC.
11/06/08
- Comments on Nuon’s wind factory to be submitted to NSDC - send your comment in even if you have missed the deadline.
06/06/08
- Woore Parish Council Public Meeting with Vortex to discuss the power station proposal at Poplar Lane. Woore PC voted, unanimously to oppose the proposal. Nuon declined to attend.
05/06/08
- Loggerheads Parish Council public meeting and Vortex to discuss the power station proposal at Poplar Lane. The residents voted unanimously against the proposal and the PC promised to oppose it.
02/06/08
- Norton Parish Council voted 7-1 to oppose the planning application at Poplar Lane. The parishioners voted unanimously to oppose the application
01/06/08
- walk to view Nuon’s planned turbine sites - from the Grove Bearstone Road
31/05/08
- Norton Jubillee Hall viewing of planning application by Norton p.c.
23/05/08
- Public display of Nuon’s planning application and Environmental Assessment at Woore Victory Hall - by Woore p.c.
16/05/08
- Nuon’s Planning application no. 08/00831/EIA now lodged with NSDC
01/05/08
- An illustrated talk by Dr Richard Waller, Keele University entitled ‘From the Ice Age to the 21st century’ Vortex 1st AGM - over £200 raised
27/04/08
- Wind Farm walk and launch of the new blimp from Bearstone Farm - thoroughly enjoyed by around 50 muddy walkers - £38 raised
26/04/08
- Planning proposal declared invalid by Newcastle B.C.
08/04/08
- Pub supper at the White Lion - £500 was raised for the fighting fund
13/03/08
- Planning proposal lodged with NSDC - invalid
01/03/08
- Woore Village Hall Fund Raising CASINO EVENING
26/12/07 - 16/01/08
- Blimp flown at 105 metres to demonstrate the height of the proposed turbines.
01/01/08
- New Years Day Walk from Woore Hall Farm, over 70 people enjoyed a picturesque stroll through the lovely Shropshire countryside, and a firsthand view of the blimp.
26/12/07
- Boxing Day Meet in Woore - over £200 raised and over 40 new members signed up!
04/10/07
- Chinese Supper, a wonderful meal was enjoyed by 40 vortex supporters ~ £500 funds raised.
23/11/07
- Stall at the Market Drayton Festival of Lights sparked plenty of interest and lots of new members
09/11/07
- ASA state that no action needs to be taken over Nuon’s carbon emission claims - a previous adjudication (against nPower) that they are exaggerated and misleading stands. Nuon have withdrawn the claims from their web-site - but not from the public’s minds!
27/10/07
- Promise Auction Oakley Hall - £11,696 raised.
04/10/07
- Public Presentation ‘Living with Wind Turbines’ by Jane Davis & David Brierely at Woore Village Hall - DVDs available
30.09.07
- Proposed Site Walk from Bellaport Home Farm
19/09/07
- Data from health questionnaire sent to Nina Pierpont for analysis as soon as application is lodged and layout confirmed
28/08/07
- DLP Planning commissioned as Planning Consultants www.dlpconsultants.co.uk
19/09/07
- Nuon Reported to the ASA for exaggerating and misleading brochure
15/07/07
- Health Questionnaire distributed to 786 homes within 3 km of proposed site
29/06/07
- Caribbean evening £4,500 raised
29-30/06/07
- Nuon give public exhibition in Woore with just 2-3 days notice
6-12/06/07
- Noise survey carried out, by Temple, to establish existing ambient noise
23/05/07
- LizLake Landscape Consultants commissioned www.lizlake.com
20/05/07
- Proposed Site Walk from White Lion
22/04/07
- Proposed Site Walk from Dorrington Hall Farm
18/04/07
-Temple commissioned to undertake a background noise study www.templegroup.co.uk (now Accon!)
07/03/07
- North Shropshire District council voted by a majority of 5-4 to give permission for Nuon to erect a 60m meteorological mast.
21/02/07
- Meeting at Festival Drayton to decide on met. Mast deferred to allow Dev. Con. Committee members a site visit.
07/02/07
- Landowners expected to sign lease contracts with Nuon
19/01/07
- 600 of the most affected homes polled:- DO YOU OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED WIND FARM AT DORRINGTON. - The result was a unanimous YES.
17/12/06
- Wind Farm opponents given council backing
07/12/06
- Nuon public meeting at Knighton Village Hall to propose a met. mast
11/12/06
-deadline for objections to the met. Mast at N.S.D.C.
30/11/06
- Vortex hold inaugural public meeting in Knighton Village Hall
07/11/06
- Nuon public meeting at Woore Village Hall to propose a met. mast
The Inspector appointed to hold the enquiry was
Mr Trevor Cookson DipTP MRTPI.
The inquiry began on Wed. 6th May
at Woore Victory Hall
and lasted for 13 days
Mr Cookson dismissed both appeals
Wind power does not respond to demand. It may or may not be there when needed. ... We will therefore need as much other electricity sources with wind as we would without. ... It is not just unnecessary but offensive to entertain industrial-scale development of the ridgelines, with strobe lights and noise and ecological degradation that far surpasses anything now on the mountains, for such obvious nonsense.
Eric Rosenbloom, Vt.
Big Coal and Big Oil are some of the biggest developers of wind energy. Wind is a tax-sheltering adjunct to their business, not a replacement.
— "Huckle"
The irreparable ecological damage, loss of amenity and distressing divisions within communities caused by industrial wind turbines far outweigh any benefit of their insignificant and unreliable contribution to our energy needs. Their tiny, intermittent output of electricity and negligible CO2 savings cannot possibly justify the sacrifice of our most potent national symbol and finite resource - the magnificent landscapes of Wales
— Angela Kelly, Country Guardian, U.K.
“The fight for a quieter world becomes obscured when feelings about a noise are divorced from the noise itself. We are told that how we react to a given noise may be influenced by our attitude towards the noise source, our state of health and well-being, our personalities, education, income, previous exposure, ad nauseum............
it is relatively simple to measure the physical quality of the noise signal, its decibel level, frequency distribution, duration, number of occurrences per unit of time, etc. It is virtually impossible to measure the significant human response to noise. Schemes for predicting complaints and evaluating annoyance responses are crude guidelines, their effectiveness questioned by even the noise specialists.”
Robert Alex Baron, The Tyranny Of Noise: The World’s Most Prevalent Pollution,How It’s Hurting You And How To Fight It (New York St. Martins Press, 1970)
Mr Trevor Cookson DipTP MRTPI.
The inquiry began on Wed. 6th May
at Woore Victory Hall
and lasted for 13 days
Mr Cookson dismissed both appeals
Wind power does not respond to demand. It may or may not be there when needed. ... We will therefore need as much other electricity sources with wind as we would without. ... It is not just unnecessary but offensive to entertain industrial-
Big Coal and Big Oil are some of the biggest developers of wind energy. Wind is a tax-
— "Huckle"
The irreparable ecological damage, loss of amenity and distressing divisions within communities caused by industrial wind turbines far outweigh any benefit of their insignificant and unreliable contribution to our energy needs. Their tiny, intermittent output of electricity and negligible CO2 savings cannot possibly justify the sacrifice of our most potent national symbol and finite resource -
— Angela Kelly, Country Guardian, U.K.
“The fight for a quieter world becomes obscured when feelings about a noise are divorced from the noise itself. We are told that how we react to a given noise may be influenced by our attitude towards the noise source, our state of health and well-
Robert Alex Baron, The Tyranny Of Noise: The World’s Most Prevalent Pollution,How It’s Hurting You And How To Fight It (New York St. Martins Press, 1970)
Europe should scrap its support for wind energy as soon as possible to focus on far more efficient emerging forms of clean power generation including solar thermal energy, one of the world’s most distinguished scientists said yesterday.
Robin Pagnamenta, Energy and Environment Editor
Times Online 27 May 2009
Robin Pagnamenta, Energy and Environment Editor
Times Online 27 May 2009