Mar 14, 2014

Wind Farm "alien invasion" in the South West


Rural towns and villages in the South West are under attack from an “alien invasion” of wind turbine “machines”, an MP has said.

 

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Torridge and West Devon Conservative MP Geoffrey Cox yesterday led a House of Commons debate arguing a Government planning crackdown has failed to halt the march of onshore wind farms in the region.

Mr Cox told Parliament towering turbines were causing “real disruption, dismay and distress” in rural communities, and claimed there remains an “inherent bias” in the planning system in favour of wind power.

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