Planning Applications for new turbines in Saline
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Ian Holmes-Lewis
Sep 14, 2012, 9:14:39 PM9/14/12
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Starting afresh with this forum. I'm hoping that this version will be easier to access. Unfortunately all the info about turbine plans will need to be re-posted...
maryllaferguson
Sep 15, 2012, 9:06:17 AM9/15/12
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Hi Ian,
I have nothing to say about current plans for wind turbines around Saline as I am not clear where, exactly, they are planned.
In principle I am not convinced of their commercial viability. As far as I can make out the Power Companies 'earn' their income from the Government. In other words, we, the taxpayers, pay the
Power companies for installing and running the wind turbines and then, pay again for the electricity
they produce. This lack of honesty in the production of electricity constitutes my main objection to wind turbines in general.
To express a view on a particular proposed turbine, I would really need to know more about it.
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Marylla Ferguson
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Sep 18, 2012, 5:41:28 AM9/18/12
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Hi Ian, I posted the information below yesterday, under the New Topic option, and it doesn't seem to have gone through. I am now sending it under the Post Reply option, hope it works.
Active Wind Farm Planning Applications / Saline Area
Scoping Request by REG Windpower Ltd for 8 x150m turbines Outh Muir, east of entrance to Knockhill Racing Circuit.
12/03627/SCO | EIA scoping opinion for the erection of 8 wind turbines | Cleish Hills Outh Knockhill Fife.
You can view their web site it on www.outhmuirwindfarm.co.uk or free phone on 08000884322
Presentations are at
Saline Community Centre from noon to 8pm Thursday 4 October
Carnock and Gowkhall Community Centre from noon to 8pm Friday 5 October
Oakley Community Centre from10am to 6pm Saturday 6 October
There is already Scoping Request by Partnerships for Renewables for 14 x150m turbines adjacent to the one above.
12/00190/SCO | Scoping opinion for erection of 14 wind turbines | Blairadam Forest Fife.
12/02617/FULL | Erection of 2 wind turbines (48.5m to blade tip) | Land To East Of Kilrennie Farm Fife
12/02776/FULL | Installation of a wind turbine (125m to blade tip), erection of control building, underground electricity cable, and access track | Bogside Farm West Of Blairhall Alloa Fife FK10 3QD
Regards
Hamish Park
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Sep 25, 2012, 5:40:25 AM9/25/12
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12/02617/FULL | Erection of 2 wind turbines (48.5m to blade tip) | Land to East of Killernie Farm Fife.
Darren O'Hare has suggested this application is withdrawn. It will be determined at SW Area Committee on 17th Oct and as it stands he will recommend for refusal due to lack of information. Lockshaw Moss will also be determined at this committee.
http://planning.fife.gov.uk/online/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=M6BS6QHFT8000
Regards
Hamish Park
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Sep 28, 2012, 9:08:02 AM9/28/12
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Hi,
Fife Nature records have submitted a useful scoping response for Outh Muir under LEISURE & CULTURAL SERVICES, confirming that the turbines would have a detrimental effect on blanket bog and wildlife.
Full text below.
http://planning.fife.gov.uk/online/caseDetails.do?action=dispatch&keyVal=M9VJMCHF02700&caseType=Application
Application No: 12/03627/SCO
SCOPING OPINION
Proposal: EIA scoping opinion for the erection of 8 wind turbines
Address: Cleish Hills Outh Knockhill Fife
Comments on the Ecology of the Proposed Development Site
Habitats
Within the Site Boundary of the afore-mentioned application, over 60 hectares (ha) of the total area is blanket bog1. Blanket bog plays a vital role to play in carbon sequestration, “The blanket and raised bog peatlands are the single most important terrestrial carbon store in Britain….A loss of only 1.5% of the carbon locked up in UK peatlands would equate to the total annual Scottish human-related emissions of greenhouse gases” (A Consultation on the 2020 Challenge for Scotland’s Biodiversity, The Scottish Government, July 2012). Blanket bog is listed as a priority habitat for conservation under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP). Although the blanket bog habitat is outwith the turbine envelope area, there are concerns that the construction of the wind turbines and the associated infrastructure could alter the hydrology of the area to the detriment of the blanket bog habitat. This would be in contravention of Planning Policy E20: Watercourses and Wetlands, of the Dunfermline and West Fife LDP which states that “Development will not be permitted where it would have an adverse affect, either directly or indirectly, on the ecological status of watercourses or wetlands or the quality of groundwater.”
Sites
Within the Site Boundary of the afore-mentioned application there are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), a statutory designation to protect the special interest of the site from damage or deterioration. Park Hill and Tipperton Moss SSSI comprises two distinct sections that contain the only remaining un-afforested example of blanket bog in Fife. Black Loch (Cleish) SSSI is the only known natural mesotrophic loch in Tayside and Fife and supports three nationally scarce aquatic plants: Slender-leaved and Long-stalked Pondweed and Hybrid Waterlily.
It is proposed that the nearest wind turbine would be within 100 m of Park Hill and Tipperton Moss SSSI. The construction of this wind turbine and the associated infrastructure could alter the hydrology of the area to the detriment of the blanket bog habitat. This would be in contravention of national legislation, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) and the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act.
There is also a Wildlife Site adjacent to the Site Boundary. Wildlife Sites are non-statutory sites designated by the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) in order to protect valuable areas of natural heritage that are not covered by statutory designations. Loch Glow Reservoir Wildlife Site supports populations of wildfowl especially Mallard, Tufted Duck, Common Goldeneye and Goosander. Although Loch Glow Reservoir Wildlife Site is outwith the Site Boundary, there is a concern that the erection of the wind turbines could adversely affect the quality of the site and this would be in contravention of Planning Policy E22 Local Biodiversity and Geodiversity Sites, of the Dunfermline and West Fife LDP. This policy states that “Development that may affect a Local Biodiversity Site or Local Geodiversity Site will not be permitted unless the developer submits an appraisal which demonstrates that the overall ecological integrity of the site will not be compromised”.
Species2
Within the Site Boundary of the afore-mentioned application, seven UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) List species have been recorded including Brown Hare Lepus europaeus, Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata, Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, Large Heath Coenonumpha tullia, Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus and Small Pear-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene.
There have been nine Scottish Biodiversity List species recorded within the Site Boundary including Brown Hare Lepus europaeus, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata, Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, Herring Gull Larus argentatus, Osprey Pandion haliaetus, Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, Harebell Campanula rotundifolia, Heather Calluna vulgaris and Scot’s Pine Pinus sylvestris. It is likely that the erection of the wind turbines and associated infrastructure will adversely affect some of the Scottish Biodiversity List species, particularly plants such as Heather and Harebell. This would be in contravention of Planning Policy E32 Protection of Biodiversity, of the Dunfermline and West Fife LDP which states “Development that may affect national and local priority habitats or species, as identified in the Scottish Biodiversity List of Fife Local Biodiversity Action Plan, will be not permitted unless the developer submits an appraisal showing that there will be no adverse affect on the habitats or species”.
In addition, there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that the wildfowl which utilise Loch Glow Reservoir may follow a flight path across Outh Muir when approaching from a south-westerly direction. The erection of the wind turbines along the route of this flight path could result in the deaths of many wildfowl.
Regards
Hamish Park
Fife Nature records have submitted a useful scoping response for Outh Muir under LEISURE & CULTURAL SERVICES, confirming that the turbines would have a detrimental effect on blanket bog and wildlife.
Full text below.
http://planning.fife.gov.uk/online/caseDetails.do?action=dispatch&keyVal=M9VJMCHF02700&caseType=Application
Application No: 12/03627/SCO
SCOPING OPINION
Proposal: EIA scoping opinion for the erection of 8 wind turbines
Address: Cleish Hills Outh Knockhill Fife
Comments on the Ecology of the Proposed Development Site
Habitats
Within the Site Boundary of the afore-mentioned application, over 60 hectares (ha) of the total area is blanket bog1. Blanket bog plays a vital role to play in carbon sequestration, “The blanket and raised bog peatlands are the single most important terrestrial carbon store in Britain….A loss of only 1.5% of the carbon locked up in UK peatlands would equate to the total annual Scottish human-related emissions of greenhouse gases” (A Consultation on the 2020 Challenge for Scotland’s Biodiversity, The Scottish Government, July 2012). Blanket bog is listed as a priority habitat for conservation under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP). Although the blanket bog habitat is outwith the turbine envelope area, there are concerns that the construction of the wind turbines and the associated infrastructure could alter the hydrology of the area to the detriment of the blanket bog habitat. This would be in contravention of Planning Policy E20: Watercourses and Wetlands, of the Dunfermline and West Fife LDP which states that “Development will not be permitted where it would have an adverse affect, either directly or indirectly, on the ecological status of watercourses or wetlands or the quality of groundwater.”
Sites
Within the Site Boundary of the afore-mentioned application there are two Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), a statutory designation to protect the special interest of the site from damage or deterioration. Park Hill and Tipperton Moss SSSI comprises two distinct sections that contain the only remaining un-afforested example of blanket bog in Fife. Black Loch (Cleish) SSSI is the only known natural mesotrophic loch in Tayside and Fife and supports three nationally scarce aquatic plants: Slender-leaved and Long-stalked Pondweed and Hybrid Waterlily.
It is proposed that the nearest wind turbine would be within 100 m of Park Hill and Tipperton Moss SSSI. The construction of this wind turbine and the associated infrastructure could alter the hydrology of the area to the detriment of the blanket bog habitat. This would be in contravention of national legislation, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) and the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act.
There is also a Wildlife Site adjacent to the Site Boundary. Wildlife Sites are non-statutory sites designated by the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) in order to protect valuable areas of natural heritage that are not covered by statutory designations. Loch Glow Reservoir Wildlife Site supports populations of wildfowl especially Mallard, Tufted Duck, Common Goldeneye and Goosander. Although Loch Glow Reservoir Wildlife Site is outwith the Site Boundary, there is a concern that the erection of the wind turbines could adversely affect the quality of the site and this would be in contravention of Planning Policy E22 Local Biodiversity and Geodiversity Sites, of the Dunfermline and West Fife LDP. This policy states that “Development that may affect a Local Biodiversity Site or Local Geodiversity Site will not be permitted unless the developer submits an appraisal which demonstrates that the overall ecological integrity of the site will not be compromised”.
Species2
Within the Site Boundary of the afore-mentioned application, seven UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) List species have been recorded including Brown Hare Lepus europaeus, Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata, Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, Large Heath Coenonumpha tullia, Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus and Small Pear-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene.
There have been nine Scottish Biodiversity List species recorded within the Site Boundary including Brown Hare Lepus europaeus, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata, Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, Herring Gull Larus argentatus, Osprey Pandion haliaetus, Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus, Harebell Campanula rotundifolia, Heather Calluna vulgaris and Scot’s Pine Pinus sylvestris. It is likely that the erection of the wind turbines and associated infrastructure will adversely affect some of the Scottish Biodiversity List species, particularly plants such as Heather and Harebell. This would be in contravention of Planning Policy E32 Protection of Biodiversity, of the Dunfermline and West Fife LDP which states “Development that may affect national and local priority habitats or species, as identified in the Scottish Biodiversity List of Fife Local Biodiversity Action Plan, will be not permitted unless the developer submits an appraisal showing that there will be no adverse affect on the habitats or species”.
In addition, there is anecdotal evidence to suggest that the wildfowl which utilise Loch Glow Reservoir may follow a flight path across Outh Muir when approaching from a south-westerly direction. The erection of the wind turbines along the route of this flight path could result in the deaths of many wildfowl.
Regards
Hamish Park
Krista Hiles
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Initial cost of wind turbines is quite much, but latter it is cost saving.
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