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Help save Haverigg windfarm

One of the UK's first wind farms is under threat from plans to build a new nuclear power station.

The Haverigg windfarm in Cumbria will be demolished if planning permission is granted.

wind farm

The eight wind turbines have been in place since the early 1990s.

They are a shining example of the type of successful and appropriate community-owned windfarm that Friends of the Earth advocates.

The windfarm produces a lot of electricity as it is well located near the Irish Sea, and the site has been praised by the Friends of the Lake District.

Triodos is a partner of Friends of the Earth, and owns three of the turbines.

New planning system

The Government has issued a plan (Nuclear National Policy Statement) which sets out where new nuclear power stations will be built.

However, the public consultation process and parliamentary scrutiny of this plan have been woefully inadequate.  

This means that local people are finding it very hard to get their concerns heard.  

Plans such as these should be properly looked at, and people given a real opportunity to influence the decisions made.

Take action

Tell the Department for Energy and Climate Change that you think this proposal is a mistake.

Tell them that:

  • it is unacceptable to destroy a successful community-owned wind farm;
  • the fast-track planning system does not allow local residents to be properly consulted.

ActionRespond to the DECC's consultation

Dear Sir,

Here's an example you can use (but a personal message from you would be much more effective).


You can contact me by email (preferably - to save resources) or at the following address:






 

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