Decision on plan to build wind farm on Haworth moor
Jessica and I have become increasingly interested in the South Pennines – you can share in our enthusiasm for this understated part of urban hemmed rural wilderness in West Yorkshire and Lancashire if you watch “Countryfile” on Sunday. It will entertain you with not just landscapes, but the poetry of Simon Armitage. I have never been personally convinced by the benefits of wind farms and my heart therefore sank on seeing this report on the BBC website
“Plans to plan to build a wind farm on a West Yorkshire moor near the former home of the Brontë sisters have been approved.
Bradford councillors voted on an application to install a 200ft (60m) high test mast on Thornton Moor, near Haworth.
Protesters claim the development could have an impact on tourism in the area.
The company behind the scheme said it would make a “positive, long-term difference to the area”.
The test mast is the first stage of a £12m plan to build four 328ft (100m) wind turbines.”
I had a discussion with my wife last week driving past West Burton powerstation and said this may be an eyesore but it had employed over 500 people in good jobs for the best part of 50 years – a better deal all round for the environment and local employment or am I just a luddite?