Comments on: Clifton Campville wind turbines

By: Martin and Margaret Browne

Martin and Margaret Browne — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:43:51 +0000

We live in Clifton Campville and do have major concerns:
1) the clandestine way in which this is happening, without appropriate opportunities for local people to comment.
2) the visual impact of wind turbines in this unspoilt rural area of the Midlands.
3) the views to and from Cannock Chase, Lichfield, Charnwood Forest, the North Staffordshire moors and Peak District will be changed for posterity.
4) the proposed turbines are out of scale in the locality.
5) the superb Grade I listed St Andrew’s Church with its spectacular spire is nearby and will be dwarfed by any turbines.
6) other concerns relate to cost-effectiveness, energy efficiency, the need for back-up power supply, and pollution (noise and light strobing), plus impact on local wildlife.

By: Joe (published via email)

Joe (published via email) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 06:08:23 +0000

Joe. We don’t get wind in the city where else do you think these windmills can go. Theres nothing wrong with them and we need the power here instead of having to get it from other countries. Just think of them as your version of sky scrapers .

By: Simon near Tamworth

Simon near Tamworth — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:19:21 +0000

You raise some interesting issues here. We are, on the whole, keen to be as ‘green’ as possible but I too have some doubts over the genuine ‘whole of life’ environmental benefits of wind turbines.

We are a few miles away from Clifton so not directly affected. Visually I have no real issues but having recently been to France I was surprised at the noise these things make.

I estimate the ones we saw to be of similar size to those proposed for Clifton and although there were half a dozen I’m not sure I’d want to live too close to them.

Interesting to see what happens.