2:15pm Tuesday 16th March 2010
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a 20-turbine windfarm in the Lune Valley have been rejected by Lancaster City Council.
The Claughton Moor Community Windfarm was turned down unanimously at the authority’s planning committee meeting yesterday.
The appicants, Community Windpower Ltd, told the committee the turbines would generate electricity to power over 25,000 homes and would displace approximately 51,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum.
However, the application attracted dozens of objections concerned about its potential impact on the landscape and the value of local homes.
The site falls within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is part of Claughton Moor County Biological Heritage Site.
The proposed access track would have run close to a scheduled monument.
No one from Community Windpower Ltd was available for comment.
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