Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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3 December 2008
08:2010178#1
DDC Press Release*****
WIND FARM PUBLIC ENQUIRY
A Local Public Enquiry is to be held in respect of the proposed Wind Farm development at Langdon. The Inquiry will be held at the Council Offices at Whitfield and is scheduled to start on the morning of 7 January 2009 and will last until around 26 January 2009. The Inspector has prepared a timetable, although this is subject to change. The timetable is available from the Council Offices on request.
The Inspector will sit in the Council Chamber, where there is likely to be additional seating for around 50 members of the public. The Council is also providing an overflow room with audio link - which can seat around 65 members of the public. In case of significant public attendance it is also proposed to erect a marquee outside the Council Chamber which will be lit and have an audio link. Although not ideal - especially bearing in mind the time of year, the marquee will at least provide some protection from the elements.
There are parking spaces at the Council Offices, but due to the possibility of significant levels of interest and likely attendees, it may be that on site car parking will be limited. The Council would suggest using car sharing or using other methods of transport to those wishing to attend.
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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3 December 2008
10:4210191#2
Well it seems the DDC are being very fair here and asking for input before proceeding in any direction. As they say in folklore " speak now or forever hold your peace!"...so if you have objections this will be the time to air them.
I myself dont find Wind Farms a problem and rather weirdly find them attractive. But judging from the Letters in the local papers a lot of people are dead set against them.
The problem is all forms of energy sourcing has some side-effect difficulties...look at the problems with coal, look at the potential problems with nuclear and so on. The fact is though we are going to need massive amounts of new energy coming on tap in the future so where do we get it....sitting on your hands dithering wont wash as it could then be a case of.....
"Where were you when the lights went out!?"
Brian Dixon
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3 December 2008
13:1510196#3
no doubt there will be a lot of huffing and puffing from the langdon residents.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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3 December 2008
16:4210209#4
Brian while the Langdon residents may huff and puff it is worth noting that today the government all clear was given to build the World's biggest wind farm off the Welsh Coast. There will be between 150 and 250 Turbines producing enough energy to power 500,000 homes...so you can see by this piece of news that these wind farms are very acceptable in Whitehall circles. Its probably the greenest form of energy there is.
But would you want one in your back garden?
Guest 643- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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3 December 2008
18:0910221#5
I'm with you on this one Paul, I too find them fascinating. I think there's been a lot of scaremongering going on which is why these residents are up in arms about having one near to them. I grew up living in a house that backed onto a station. When the steam trains were running (yes I remember them! lol) we got used to the trains huffing and puffing - chugging and grinding and getting whistles stuck for ages. We got used to the train doors slamming, the porters blowing their whistles and the general noise of a station. People would ask my family how we put up with it, and we told them ....... we don't notice it - and we didn't. I'm sure the same will happen with wind farms.They have to come if we want power in the future - end of. It is green energy and as you say - we don't want the lights to go out. Would I want one in my backyard? It wouldn't worry me one iota.
There's always a little truth behind every "Just kidding", a little emotion behind every "I don't care" and a little pain behind every "I'm ok".
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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3 December 2008
18:2710223#6
i am not aposed to them paul,personly i would like to see a few more about.i have passed the ones outside dunkirk [france] also another bank of them down near verdun [france again]but these ones where more disscreatly hidden by natral woodland .as for my back garden its to small.
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3 December 2008
20:1110238#7
Brian, "you hit the nail on the head" when you said discretely hidden .These 4 turbines [reduced from 5] will in effect be visible from Calais & beyond & cause a blot on the vista of our White Cliffs. With a windfarm off Ramsgate & another the London Array off the estuary why for heavens sake do we need these gigantic structures inland. 4 turbines is neither here nor there in the wider scale of things. I agree with wind energy but there has to be some degree of control about size,location and visual impact ,not just specific financial gain for the landowner & energy company.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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3 December 2008
20:3010244#8
I am sure that the Goodwin Sands would make a better location.
Been nice knowing you :)
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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3 December 2008
20:3210247#9
scotchie,aint there enough wrecks on there as it is.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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3 December 2008
21:3310253#10
Perhaps France would be a better place
Been nice knowing you :)
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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3 December 2008
22:2710261#11
yeah its big enough just.
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4 December 2008
07:3010279#12
Well said Paul - at last a bit of sense.
These proposed four turbines are huge and as Paul said, there's no point in putting them where they want to, have them by all means, but not there.
Roger
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4 December 2008
08:5410286#13
Surely for Wind Farms to be energy effective there is no point hiding them behind trees, it defeats the core objective. Obviously I cant speak about all the ones in France but on a clear day I can see ones whirring around on the hills beyond Wimereaux, and very exposed as they should be. They do not appear as an environmental disaster but rather very much part of the landscape. Im not sure how the people feel about them over there but over here, as Roger seems to indicate above, is it a case of the NIMBY syndrome kicking in?
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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4 December 2008
10:4910305#14
The Wind Turbines are large, they need to be, let us accept them as they do not spew out a black dense cloud across the landscape infecting future generations health or making us glow in the dark. The source of power is free and non-hazardous, so what is the problem?
I am puzzled by what seems to be known by all nations as our national psyche - the British Whinge!
It annoys me constantly as I am proud to be of the same stock but maybe I am the odd one out, I look forward to the future. (I certainly wouldn't mind one at the end of the garden if it was big enough, it would give me something to hug after a bout of back-breaking weeding)
I'm all for new ideas and innovations, let us put wind turbines all along the White Cliffs starting at Dover, so that as tourists arrive by ferry they will see that Britain has accepted new technology with open arms and are not seen to be a nation stuck in the past.
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4 December 2008
11:2310309#15
Where do live Barry?Perhaps we can arrange a row in your back garden, embracing technology. Does the good lady know?
Guest 641- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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4 December 2008
11:3210311#16
She knows and is also pro forward thinking technology NIMBY I am not!
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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4 December 2008
12:4210312#17
I always thought that the location situation for these turbines would be around the council offices at Whitfield.There's enough hot air coming from the chambers to keep the windmills powered day and night.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
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4 December 2008
13:2010314#18
Intermittent, Marek,intermittent. Would not be financially beneficial.
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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6 December 2008
15:0310486#19
Reference the mention of the wind turbines at Dunkerque, this is a photo I took when passing in a coach last year. There are five turbines similar in size to the four proposed for Langdon. They are a mixture of types put up by the adjoining Total oil refinery for purposes of comparison. They are situated at Mardyk in the bleak industrial wasteland close to the port at Dunkerque West. At night, they have very bright red strobe lights flashing from the tops.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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6 December 2008
15:0610488#20
thanks for that ed,been past them a few times myself.
