Harrogate, Yorkshire UK. 18th September, 2015. UK Weather. Dawn over Kettlesing Wind Farm. The 2MW turbines, comprise a 58 metre (m) tower with a 70 m rotor diameter. The £10 million installation plan by npower renewables was opposed by Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) who claimed it would create a blot on the landscape just 50ft from the protected area. Harrogate Borough Council upheld the concerns and turned the application down last year, but a Government planning inspector, following a public inquiry, overturned that decision.
Countryside campaigners have reacted with anger over a decision by the government to allow a wind farm to be built in the Yorkshire Dales. Harrogate Borough Council had vetoed the plan for eight 300ft high turbines at Kettlesing in Nidderdale. But a government planning inquiry has overruled the council and decided that NPower Renewables can go ahead. Coun Richard Cooper said the decision flew in the face of common sense. NPower said wind farms were graceful. Air traffic Harrogate Borough Council said the turbines would be built just 50ft away from the boundary marking the district's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the planning inquiry in August the Civil Aviation Authority and Leeds Bradford Airport raised concerns about possible interference the structures may pose to air traffic. Harrogate Borough Council's cabinet member responsible for planning, Richard Cooper, said: "This decision flies in the face of common sense. "For a government inspector to come to our district and ignore all the good planning reasons why these towering metal structures should not be allowed is a smack in the face to local people and the local council.
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