Inquiry to be held on wind farm plans

A PUBLIC inquiry is to be held into plans to build nine massive wind turbines on the East Coast after a council failed to decide whether to back the scheme on time.
By The Newsroom
Published 20th Jul 2012, 07:00 BST

A planning inspector will now decide whether to allow the turbines to be sited near Fraisthorpe beach, after East Riding Council failed to determine the matter within the statutory eight-week period.

Residents are opposing the plans and their concerns include the size of the proposed turbines, which would stand 62ft higher than the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral.

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Air navigation service provider, National Air Traffic Services Ltd, has also objected to the wind farm, saying the turbines could generate “false plots” on the primary radar service about 40 miles near Claxby, high on the Lincolnshire Wolds.

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