Latest wind farm legal challenge is thrown out

THE High Court has thrown out the latest legal challenge against plans for a wind farm in the heart of Devonshire countryside.

A judge in London yesterday dismissed a case brought by campaigner Mike Hulme over the granting of planning permission for nine turbines in the Den Brook Valley near Crediton.

Mr Hulme, who lives near Crediton, had hoped that Deputy High Court Judge Frances Patterson QC would allow his judicial review and quash the planning permission.

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But, giving her ruling in London, the judge rejected all 10 grounds of challenge.

The decision was the latest in a long-running battle fought by Mr Hulme and other local residents over plans for the wind farm by Renewable Energy Systems.

Mr Hulme, a leading member of the Den Brook Judicial Review Group, challenged a decision of the Communities and Local Government Secretary granting permission for the wind farm, consisting of nine 120m (393ft) turbines, on land near the villages of North Tawton and Bow.

Mr Hulme, whose home is less than a mile away from the closest proposed wind turbine, previously succeeded in having the planning permission made subject to certain conditions to control potential noise pollution.

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