RESIDENTS have joined forces to form an Action Group opposing plans to remove a dozen turbines at Kirkby Moor and replace them with six turbines more than twice the current height.
Parish Councils in Lowick, Blawith and Subberthwaite, Egton-cum-Newland, Osmotherly and Mansriggs and Kirkby and Ireleth have all objected to the planning application by RWE Innogy.
Consent for the existing wind farm runs out in 2018, and the developers want to replace it with a new farm, with six new turbines standing 115m high.
Lowick Parish Councillor Liz Vaughan is organising open Public Meetings at Water Yeat Village Hall on Monday March 16 and at Lowick Community Hall on Tuesday March 17, both at 7.30 p.m. The main speaker will be Environmental Consultant Doug Cross, from Lowick.
The final deadline for public comments to South Lakeland District Council’s Planning Committee is May 15.
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