Low Carbon: Action group Stop Bickerton Wind Turbines appoint advisors
AN ACTION group opposed to a controversial wind farm project in Bickerton is to update concerned residents on their progress.
Stop Bickerton Wind Turbines will hold a community meeting next month when they will confirm their successful fundraising efforts and the appointment of a team of professional advisors.
A scale model of an industrial wind turbine will also be on show at the meeting.
The 60m wind monitoring mast, currently situated on Bickerton farm land near the Sandstone Trail on the Cheshire Plain, is measuring wind strength and speed.
If overall results confirm the beauty spot as a viable site, then Banks Developments, the Durham-based firm in charge of the project, may proceed with a planning application for a wind farm.
SBWT chairman Mike Voisey said: "Our action group remains committed to fighting this project, which continues to go ahead despite overwhelming objections from most local people, tourists and business people and the concerns of our democratically elected councillors.
"We would like to use the meeting as an opportunity to update local residents of our successful campaign and hear their views. We would also like to outline our future strategy.
"One good point about the erection of the monitoring mast is that its height can now be fully appreciated and people can understand the threat to the area.
"Modern onshore wind turbines are twice the height of the mast, so this gives a very good indication of just how overpowering they would be."
The meeting will be held in Bickerton Village Hall on Tuesday, April 7 at 7pm. Residents and local business owners are invited to voice their concerns about the development.
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I wonder if the same response awaits Ashton Hayes, which also currently has montoring masts in local fields as part of the microgrid feasability study? http://goingcarbonneutral.co.uk/Microgrid/microgid.html I await the outcome of the Bickerton debate with interest.