Mel wrote:
Welcome to the forum.
I wonder how many were aware?
It would seem that at first not many because there seemed to have been a faux-pas by Burnley Council informing people who are likely to be affected (or was it a genuine mistake??). The application was made 1st Sept and objections to be in by 27th with no letters sent out. This has now been extended until 14th Oct.
Consider the following a) Value of houses around can lose up to 30% of their value. Comfort can be taken in by the fact you will be hlping line the pockets of two already wealthy business men and a Scottish Company who have no interest in the area. b) The windmills have been planned so the two occupants/applicants will not be able to see them c) They will form as big a view on the skyline same as when looking along the motorway and seeing the chimneys in Harle Syke; also from may different areas in and around Burnley d) They are planned directly in line with migratory paths of birds coming in to Walverden, Coldwell, Foulridge e) We have very many species of Birds of Prey i.e. hawks and Owls together with several colonies of Bats. After at least a 10 year absence we are seeing Curlews/Peewits nesting again in the field concerned. f) The field is of local Maedieval Historic value and should have been listed as such. g) The farm is not a working one and as such does not need the power generated by 2 turbines, even 1 produces more than needed for their domestic uses; this is purely and simply a commercial development with no concern for the affect it will have on the area or people. QUESTION; Would you continue doing business with people who have de-valued your house, ruined views of great outstanding beauty and do not care a fig about it??