We will now have to wait until June to learn the outcome of Bank's appeal. The Secretary of State has just issued a deferral of the decision and passed it to his replacement in the next Government.
That takes our MP of the hook, no awkward national government policy on industrial wind farms to cause her embarrasment.
For what its worth, I am not totally surprised. Whatever the future national government following the General Election, we will lobby hard to see that this untenable and simply wrong development proposal which Messrs Banks are pushing will be rejected.
In doing so we hope that the future Secretary of State will confirm the rejection by the Local Planning Committee. Acknowledge the huge concern and opposition across the communities of West Park, Darrington, Wentbridge, East Hardwick, Carleton, Chequerfield and Larks Hill on the South side of Pontefract and hopefully put a marker down as to avoid other applications that are simply too close to communities.
If that Secretary of State should be a Conservative, I hope that they will stay true to our energy policy (Copy at the bottom of this post), but that they will see the power of the case put forward by PWAG and the representations made at the public enquiry and simply reject Bank's inadequate and destructive proposal.
From a Conservative standpoint we question the value of onshore wind generation unless properly validated and accepted by local communities. As you will see in the document whilst off shore wind generation linked to an offshore energy grid will give a growing source of energy, wind is an inconsistent source of renewable energy and we will be pushing to get a blend of energy sources to give us supply security and address the future needs.
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