The Great Aycliffe Residents Association at its recent AGM, unanimously re- affirmed its opposition to the proposal by Eon to build a huge windfarm on the Isles. County Durham has done more than its fair share of provision for windfarms, in the UK.
GARA believe the 24 Turbines proposed are a massive and unwelcome intrusion into the countryside of County Durham, a landscape protected under the Sedgefield Borough Council local plan. This development cannot be justified and GARA pledge full support to Durhan County Council (Planning Officers and Councillors) as well as Great Aycliffe Town Council in their opposition.
There is no objection to renewable energy in itself, but only to this proposed industrialisation of our local landscape.
The Government recently acknowledged the massive profits made by Utilities like Eon from subsidies paid for out of everyone’s Gas and electricity bills including the lowest paid, cannot be justified.
The fact that over 90% of Wind capacity (not wind power actually generated) also has to be backed up by Gas fired power stations on “spinning reserve” means that the amount of CO2 emissions saved by wind farms is negligible.
GARA say no to despoiling one of the loveliest corners of rural England with a noisy, ugly, taxpayer-subsidised, bat-chomping, bird-slicing wind farm turbines.
