From Cumbria Wind Watch
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| Applicant/Operator | Mr Jim Dent |
| County Council | Cumbria County Council |
| Planning Authority | Eden District Council |
| Planning Authority Reference | 15/0093 |
| Number of Turbines | 2 |
| Power per Turbine | 0.225MW |
| Turbine Height | 45m |
| Position | 54° 39' 36" N, 2° 53' 56" WLatitude: 54.659983268576 Longitude: -2.8988138227449 |
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| Wind Farm Status | Proposal defeated |
| Parliamentary Constituency | Penrith and the Border |
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The application was refused by Eden District Council under delegated powers on 9th July 2015 for the following reasons
1) The proposed turbines, by virtue of their scale and siting in attractive open countryside, would have a significant adverse and unacceptable level of harm on the character of the landscape and the visual amenity of the area contrary
2) The proposal has failed to address the planning impacts identified by affected local communities and fails to have their backing contrary to the Written Statement made by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Greg Clark) on 18 Jun 2015
This application is close to the site of the proposed Berrier Hill Wind Farm which was turned down by the Secretary of State after a public enquiry in 2010 after widespread opposition.
During the pre-applicaton consultation phase of this application objections were received from Mungrisdale, Dacre, Greystoke and Hutton Parish Councils. Concerns were also raised by the Lake District National Park. The site is only 1.8km from the LDNP boundary.
For more details and to object go to eforms.eden.gov.uk/fastweb/detail.asp