Christopher Pincher Welcomes Plans to Abandon Clifton Campville Wind Farm

Christopher Pincher, Member of Parliament for Clifton Campville, Haunton & Tamworth has welcomed news informing concerned residents that an application for a wind farm has been withdrawn.  The wind farm was to have been built on Hogs Hill near Haunton consisting of four huge turbines, each visible from up to 15 miles away –as far away as Nuneaton.

Christopher Pincher said:

“Generally, I support renewable energy, however, this wind farm proposal was not in the right location.  Hoggs Hill is seldom windy and when it is windy, the velocity is not of sufficient speed to make the site economically viable.    The annual average wind speed in Clifton Campville is only 4m/s and academic reports suggest at least 7m/s is needed for any turbine to offer value for money.  So these turbines would have spoiled the landscape, especially the beautiful St. Andrew’s Parish Church, without contributing any benefit to the community.  Common sense has prevailed.”

“I actively met with residents to listen to their concerns and I wrote a comprehensive consultation document for Lichfield District Council.  Furthermore, I also wrote several letters to the Chairman of ProWind in Germany to make sure rumours that threatened appeals would be lodged – which would have cost the tax payers thousands – were unfounded.”

“I still mean to meet with the Chairman of ProWind, Herr Busmann, to make sure he is not planning to change his mind”.