After two years of checks and reviews that planning committee met today to decide the application by Banks Developments for 6 industrial wind turbines each 125 metre high. There had been huge concern expressed across the community with over 2000 objections received from the villages and communities around Went Edge.
Officers recommended refusal and a number of people made representations on behalf of their communities and I spoke for people across the district and asked that it be rejected due to impact on the green belt, loss of visual amenity and overbearing impact on local communities.
The decision is in and it was a unanimous vote to refuse. Banks say they will appeal, I hope local democracy wins.
UPDATED.........
Banks have appealed and a Government Inspector has been appointed to prepare a report for submission to a Government Minister who will then decide. There is to be a public enquiry which the Inspector will hold in October. For more information please follow this link to PWAG.
Thursday 5 March 2009
Budget Day dawned
Monday afternoon at 2pm the Full Council sat to review and hopefully approve a budget. The ruling Labour Group were proposing a 3.8% increase. We did not agree, they won the day with the backing of Lib/Dems and Independents and the people of the district will pick up the bill.
We tabled an alternative where funds were taken from reserves to underwrite the budget proposal which would have reduced the bill to a 1.8% increase, our view is that reserves are for a difficult times and we knew of initiatives under way that would recover the monies used.
We tabled an alternative where funds were taken from reserves to underwrite the budget proposal which would have reduced the bill to a 1.8% increase, our view is that reserves are for a difficult times and we knew of initiatives under way that would recover the monies used.
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