Wind turbines in our area - Dear Mr Aspinall

From: Mavis Turton [mailto:mavis.turton@btinternet.com]
Sent: 18 July 2012 09:49
Subject: FW: Wind turbines in our area

I thought we might tempt Mr Aspinall to either attend, or at the very least register an objection, Regards, Mavis _________________________________________________________________________________ From: mavis turton [mailto:mavis.turton@btinternet.com] Sent: 18 July 2012 09:45 To: 'info@aspinallfoundation.org' Subject: Wind turbines in our area Dear Mr Aspinall, As I am sure you know, there are planning applications presented to Shepway DC for the construction of seven wind turbines, some of which are fairly close to your zoo.  The reason I am writing to you is that there is a meeting in Sellindge Primary School hall next week, Thursday 27th at 7.30. Many people have been invited to attend, including our Shepway M.P, Damian Collins, local press representatives, hopefully Meridian TV, and the company who propose to erect the turbines, Ecotricity.  Also there with be people from Lympne and Stamford. I thought you might be interested to hear the story of the effects of infra noise on animals, in this instance, the effect on my granddaughter’s rabbit. She has a house rabbit, and as a third year Law student, moved into an apartment above a food outlet shop in Windsor.  The rabbit started acting in an erratic way, and became ill, biting chunks of fur from his pelt.  He would not eat or drink, and started to have kidney problems.  The vet could not understand why a previously healthy animal should be in this condition.  After a lot of visits, the vet suddenly asked whether there were any plug in devices in the house which were aimed at preventing rats and mice from invading.  When my granddaughter got home, she found them in the wall sockets.  She had thought previously that these devices were the room fragrancers, which I use myself. Once she unplugged the devices, things improved, but it took a long time, and a lot of care.  The vet said that this animal had become ill as a result of these devices, which emit infra sound, inaudible to the human ear, but harmful to some animals. Wind turbines emit black noise, also known as infra sound, and as you have so many animals, who could be affected, you might have questions of you own to ask Ecotricity.  We would very much welcome your attendance, and if you could write to Shepway Council to register your objection, I am sure they would take a lot of notice of such an important organisation as yours. With kindest regards, Mavis Turton, member of Sellindge Residents’ Association.

Planning application Y12/0241/SH - Mr Price's turbine application

From: fred turton [mailto:brain37@live.co.uk]
Sent: 27 June 2012 19:57
To: margaret ludlow; leslie barratt; Ronald Lello; Julia George Radio Kent; kentish express; Dave Motley o2
Subject: FW: Planning application Y12/0241/SH

 

Dear Sir or Madam, 

Can you please tell me what is wrong with the Planning Dept. of Shepway Council? Sellindge is a village and yet its treated as an industrial estate. We pay our house tax but are constantly being kicked in the teeth by having various schemes forced upon us. I have lived here for 46 years and the things that I have had to endure are alarming. We only had the railway running through the village but no railway station. We then got the M20, High Speed link, Converter Station and the Anaerobic Digester. Quite frankly the people of Sellindge are fed up to the back teeth with all these changes.

I get the impression that as we are a small community its considered acceptable to put anything in our locality. We are now in the process of fighting the installation of a number of Wind Turbines, where those proposing the scheme are only interested in lining their pockets. The height of these turbines is enormous and the blade span as big as the London Eye. I ask you, would the Planning Committee want these in the vicinity where they live; I don't think so?

Will you please stop the application made by Mr Price who from what I can gather, is already wealthy enough. He is supposedly using the argument that he wants to install it for his own personal use on his farm. Do you honestly believe that because I don't? There seem to be too many like this who use any excuse so that they can make money.

We keep hearing the word Democracy banded about as if its the flavour of the month. Our young troops are being maimed and killed in foreign countries to establish this policy. I would like to see it implemented in the UK as quite often the views of the people tend to be ignored.

My letter of objection to the turbine application for Mr Price's farm

From: Mavis Turton <mavis.turton@btinternet.com>
Subject: Planning application Y12/0241/SH
To: planning@shepway.gov.uk
Date: Wednesday, 27 June, 2012, 13:30

Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to register my objection to the construction of a wind turbine at the site of the above application. You will already have a list of my objections to the other 6 proposed wind turbines in Sellindge, and all of my comments there stated apply to this application. In addition, I would like to add that Sellindge Parish Council seem to have accepted this proposal because they were under the impression that the turbine was intended to provide electricity for the sole use of the farm business of Mr Price.  I am not completely familiar with the details of how much electricity the turbine would produce, but I would have thought that a farm of this size would not need a generator of such height. Perhaps the planning officers have details of Mr Price's past electricity bills, and compared them with the estimated power generation of the turbine he wishes to have installed. If there is little difference, then I feel that the upset to the local community would be completely unjustified.  I would hope that the farmer would not wish to avail himself of any financial gain following the installation, as he has already publicly stated that he does not like to have to rely on subsidies. These turbines are a new technology, and the long term effects upon the mental and physical health of those residing nearby could be threatened.  Certainly the mental health issues caused by the worry that the council will approve these monstrosities, is already being damaged.  Other councils around the country are taking a democratic approach when the community affected objects, and I see absolutely no reason why Shepway should do things differently.  Mavis Turton 4 Swan Green Sellindge Ashford Kent TN25 6EX

Germany's wind power chaos is a warning to us

The article below was published on 23rd September 2012 in the Sunday Telegraph. To read the article (enlarge the print) click on the image below. 

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The 6th turbines - On a public footpath?

The 6th turbine is planned to be erected on a public footpath!

A family's second winf farm fight

From: Margaret Ludlow [mailto:mjludlow@toucansurf.com]
Sent: 17 July 2012 12:55
Subject: Fw: BBC E-mail: Family's second wind farm fight

See the story on the BBC News website  of a  Family's second wind farm fight, which will open in a new tab when you click on the link below.......

A Lincolnshire couple forced to move house because of nearby wind turbines are now fighting plans for a wind farm near a new family home.

A family's second wind farm fight

My objections to the six turbines

From: mavis turton [mailto:mavis.turton@btinternet.com]
Sent: 26 June 2012 18:42
To: 'act4salvation@gmail.com'
Subject: Planning application for wind farms Y12/0451/SH

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to register my opposition to the building of 6 wind turbines (see above) in Sellindge.

My reasons for objection are that they are unsightly,  inefficient, and will cost the community many problems not only during their construction.  They are costly to maintain,  and are a danger to low flying aircraft and wildlife.  This is not a proven efficient green way to produce electricity.  They  will become defunct when the nuclear power stations are built and re-commissioned at  Dungeness/Lydd.   When they are of no further use, the turbines will be phenomenally expensive to dismantle and dispose of the waste.

They are a blemish and a depressing sight to the communities around them, all for no good economic reason other than that people who allow them to be built on their farmland will receive huge subsidies for this to come about.  The firms who manufacture them (mostly foreign companies) and the companies who install them, will of course benefit, at the cost to local communities.  The cost of dismantling them will be born in time by the taxpayers, who are also the people paying for them to be built in the first place.  To allow this planning application to go ahead would be unthinkable to anyone who has thought this out.  If allowed to go ahead, this application will be a case of “much pain, no gain” for our community.

Yours sincerely,

Otterpool - some Caravans have just arrived

From: Margaret Ludlow [mailto:mjludlow@toucansurf.com]
Sent: 15 July 2012 22:43
Subject: 15th July Otterpool

I wonder what this is about. Some of the caravans had just arrived. Click on the image below to enlarge it. Once finished, click on the back-arrow at the top left corner of your screen to return to here.

From: mavis turton [mailto:mavis.turton@btinternet.com]
Sent: 26 June 2012 18:42
To: 'act4salvation@gmail.com'
Subject: Planning application for wind farms Y12/0451/SH

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing to register my opposition to the building of 6 wind turbines (see above) in Sellindge.

My reasons for objection are that they are unsightly,  inefficient, and will cost the community many problems not only during their construction.  They are costly to maintain,  and are a danger to low flying aircraft and wildlife.  This is not a proven efficient green way to produce electricity.  They  will become defunct when the nuclear power stations are built and re-commissioned at  Dungeness/Lydd.   When they are of no further use, the turbines will be phenomenally expensive to dismantle and dispose of the waste.

They are a blemish and a depressing sight to the communities around them, all for no good economic reason other than that people who allow them to be built on their farmland will receive huge subsidies for this to come about.  The firms who manufacture them (mostly foreign companies) and the companies who install them, will of course benefit, at the cost to local communities.  The cost of dismantling them will be born in time by the taxpayers, who are also the people paying for them to be built in the first place.  To allow this planning application to go ahead would be unthinkable to anyone who has thought this out.  If allowed to go ahead, this application will be a case of “much pain, no gain” for our community.

Yours sincerely 

MP sees work progress at £12m wastewater plant - see paragraph about Sellindge....

In the paragraph near the bottom of column one below it says ...... 

"During the visit, Mr Green also heard about a £2.3M investment at the nearby Sellindge treatment works" 

The article was published on 20th Septmebr 2012 in the Kentish express. To read the article more easily (enlarge the print) click on the image below. Once finished, click on the back-arrow at the top left of the screen to return to the website and then navigate your way around as usual. Use the 'Home' page link in Section 1 to return to the start if you prefer.