TWO THINGS YOU CAN DO
1. Wadlow Farm, West Wratting Planning Appeal
Following the rejection, in June 2007, by South Cambridgeshire District Council of a
planning application by Renewable Energy Systems (RES) to build a wind farm at Wadlow Farm,
South Cambridgeshire an appeal was lodged by RES.
As a result, there is now to be a Public Inquiry to determine the final outcome.
The Public Inquiry is taking place on 9th June onwards and will take approximately 2 weeks, excluding Mondays and weekends, with
a site visit by the Inspector on Monday 8th June.
The Inspector has made it clear that he is keen to hear from as many people who use and enjoy
the area as possible, so as to get a wide a cross section of views amd opinions - walkers, ramblers,
botanists, dog walkers, horse riders, photographers, kite flyers (!) - anyone at all.
We know that support for wind farm developments is often much less vociferous than the opposition,
but here's your chance to show your support for a truly sustainable future and make your voice heard at the
inquiry, either by commenting on the planning appeal directly (see below) or, better yet....
Come along to the start of the enquiry on the 9th of June to get the message across to the Planning Inspector that Cambridgeshire wants renewable energy.
Please contact us (camfoe@telinco.co.uk)
if you wish to know more or offer support.
If you want to comment on the planning appeal directly
click here,
scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the
link "...to view the documents for this case,
and to access facilities to Comment".
Note: In spite of the website stating here that
the deadline for commenting on this case is the 18th Janaury, they still seem to be accepting submissions.
If you wish to post a representation, write to:
Sarah Banwell,
Case Officer,
The Planning Inspectorate,
Room 3/16 Eagle,
2 Temple Quay House,
2 The Square,
Temple Quay,
Bristol. BS1 6PN
and
quote reference: APP/W0530/A/07/2059471
For any further queries you can call their Customer Support Line on 0117 372 6372
2. Support The Proposed Linton Windfarm
Plans now available on line.
A planning application by Enertrag UK Ltd for eight 125m wind turbines on the ridge overlooking Linton has now
been submitted.
It is urgent you send letters of support for this plan now.
This scheme overlaps the District Council and County Council borders with 7 turbines in South Cambridgeshire
and 1 in Uttlesford, so there will be two separate planning applications,
but even if you live in the neighbouring District you can still show your support for the
planning application in the other District.
View the plans here:
South Cambs District Council Planning Application Ref:
S/0232/09/F (Click here for online plans) Comments due by 22/04/2009
Uttlesford District Council Planning Application Ref:
UTT/0232/09/FUL (Click here for online plans)
Comments due by 02/04/2009
What can we do?
We can assume that the local press will soon be bombarded by anti-wind power letters and that South Cambridgeshire and Uttlesford District Councils, both responsible for the Linton wind farm planning application, are receiving as many letters against the wind farm as well.
We need to put the other side of the argument across NOW.
It’s therefore vital that we write as many letters as possible in support of the wind farm application to South Cambridgeshire District Council and Uttlesford District Council (details below) by <<6 weeks from 6th March>>, the deadline for public consultation.
Send letters and emails in support of Linton planning application to:
SOUTH CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Write to:
Mr Ray McMurray.
Planning Department
South Cambridgeshire District Council
South Cambridgeshire Hall
Cambourne Business park
Cambourne
Cambridge
CB23 6EA
(Quoting Ref: S/0232/09/F on the envelope and letter)
Or
Send an email to:
planning@scambs.gov.uk
(Quoting Ref: S/0232/09/F in the title and body of the email)
The Planning Officer (Mr Ray McMurray) can be emailed directly at:
ray.mcmurray@scambs.gov.uk
or you can call him on:
Phone: 08450 450500
Fax: 01954 713149
Also....
As the planning application will be considered by the Planning Committee
Planning Committee
and you might alsolike to contact it's members who are:
Cllr Mrs Pippa Corney (Chairman)
cllr.corney@scambs.gov.uk
Cllr Mrs Trisha Bear (Linton)
cllr.Bear@scambs.gov.uk
Cllr Brian Burling (Willingham & Over)
cllr.Burling@scambs.gov.uk
Cllr Tom Bygott (Girton)
cllr.bygott@scambs.gov.uk
Cllr Mrs Janice Guest (Melbourn)
cllr.guest@scambs.gov.uk
Cllr Mrs Sally Hatton (Sawston)
cllr.turner@scambs.gov.uk
Cllr Sebastian Kindersley (Gamlingay)
cllr.kindersley@scambs.gov.uk
Cllr Mervyn Loynes (Bourn)
cllr.loynes@scambs.gov.uk
Cllr Charles Nightingale (The Shelfords & Stapleford)
cllr.nightingale@scambs.gov.uk
Cllr Mrs Deborah Roberts (Fowlmere & Foxton)
cllr.roberts@scambs.gov.uk
Cllr Mrs Hazel Smith (Milton)
cllr.smith@scambs.gov.uk
Cllr Peter Topping (Whittlesford)
cllr.topping@scambs.gov.uk
Cllr John Williams (Duxford)
cllr.williams@scambs.gov.uk
UTTLESFORFD
Write to:
Planning Department
Ref: UTT/0232/09/FUL
Uttlesford District Council
London Road
Saffron Walden
Essex. CB11 4ER
(Quoting Ref: UTT/0232/09/FUL on the envelope and letter)
Or
Send an email to: planning@uttlesford.gov.uk
(Quoting Ref: UTT/0232/09/FUL in the title and body of the email)
Also....
You could try emailing individual Uttlesford District Councillors:
Julie Redfern (The Chesterfords)- cllrredfern@uttlesford.gov.uk
Jan Menell (Littlebury) - cllrmenell@uttlesford.gov.uk
Robert Chambers (Wenden Lofts) - cllrchambers@uttlesford.gov.uk
Rod Chamberlain (Ashdon) – cllrchamberlain@uttlesford.gov.uk
Heather Mason (Saffron Walden Shire and Little Walden)– cllrmason@uttlesford.gov.uk
David Sadler (Saffron Walden Castle) – cllrsadler@uttlesford.gov.uk
Howard Rolfe (Saffron Walden Castle) – llrrolfe@uttlesford.gov.uk
Covering both District Councils, if you're really keen, you could even let the local MPs, Jim Paice (Conservative - South East Cambridgeshire) and Sir Alan Haslehurst (Conservative - Saffron Walden) know how you feel.... I'm sure the national Conservative Party would like us all to subscribe to their newly acquired 'Green' credentials...
Jim Paice can be found
Here:Constituency website
Here: Tell Jim Paice MP your views website
and here:
Rt Hon James Paice MP,
House of Commons,
Westminster,
London SW1A 0AA
and finally, here: email
Sir Alan can be found
Here:Constituency website
here:
Rt Hon Sir Alan Haselhurst MP,
The Old Armoury,
Saffron Walden,
Essex, CB10 1JN
and here: email
If you're really, really keen you could try the local MEPs
There are seven MEPs representing the Eastern Region of England:
Mr Geoffrey Van Orden (C) geoffrey.vanorden@europarl.europa.eu
Mr Jeffrey Titford (UKIP) jtitford@ukip.org
Mr Richard Howitt (Lab) richard.howitt@geo2.poptel.org.uk
Mr Robert Sturdy (C) robert.sturdy@europarl.europa.eu
Mr Andrew Duff (Lib Dem) mep@andrewduffmep.org
Mr Christopher Beazley (C) christopher.beazley@europarl.europa.eu
Mr Tom Wise (UKIP) tomw@tomwisemep.co.uk
They do not have specific geographic responsibilities so you can write/email/phone to all, some, or just one of them.
The website www.writetothem.com, also provides the facility to contact them, just type your postcode in and you'll be able to write to email or phone any/all of them, however three of the MEPs have offices in Cambridge, - Richard Howitt (Lab), Robert Sturdy (C) and Andrew Duff (Lib Dem) and therefore may have some idea of what you're talking about.
Also, don't forget, letters to the local press are also very important to put the other side of the argument across to the general public. Don’t let ignorance leave Cambridgeshire in the fossil fuel age.
Addresses:
This is the address for the Cambridge Evening News, Cambridge Weekly News and Town Crier - Address your letter to The
Editor at the paper you wish to write to:
Cambridge Newspapers,
Winship Road,
Milton,
Cambridge. CB4 6PP
The developer, Enertrag UK Ltd., will be issuing regular updates on their own website at: http://www.enertraguk.com/projects/project-detail.asp?pid=8 and you can contact them here:
Enertrag Contact Details
David Linley
Manager of Projects
Enertrag UK Ltd
Suite H
Diss Business Park
Norfolk
IP22 4GT
Telephone: 01379 642564
Fax: 01379 641869
Email: enquiries@enertraguk.com
Website: www.enertraguk.com
