Noise Impact
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Attached is some guidance for writing a letter of objection to the turbine proposal from SPR.
There is a lot of information, you do not need to include all of it.
They key thing is that there are only certain reasons that can be used for an objection to be valid so please read the [...]
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has commissioned fresh research on wind farm noise
“Confidence has been lost in the ETSU model”
4th June 2010 See original post here: http://www.cieh.org/ehn/ehn3.aspx?id=31194
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has commissioned fresh research on wind farm noise. The move, which has been welcomed by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) , comes despite ministerial assurances earlier this [...]
Wind turbine noise warnings were dismissed by civil servants
A warning about the health effects of noise from wind turbines was removed from a government study following pressure from civil servants.
original article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/greenpolitics/planning/6803823/Wind-turbine-noise-warnings-were-dismissed-by-civil-servants.html
Consultants recommended lowering night-time noise limits because the sounds made by spinning blades were enough to disrupt sleep patterns.
However, the advice, contained in a [...]
Wind Turbine Campaign Boosted by Expert Report
A campaign by local MP Peter Luff to keep wind turbines at a reasonable distance from houses has been given a boost today.
Environmental Protection UK has called on the government urgently to update its advice on how local authorities gauge the effect of noise from wind turbines.
Peter Luff has long been calling for a toughening [...]
Peter Luff confirms VVASP Campaign – Turbines are TOO CLOSE
VALE WIND TURBINES “JUST TOO CLOSE”
Tuesday 22nd September 2009
The huge wind turbines proposed for the site between Bishampton and the Lenches would be “just too close to people’s homes” says the local MP Peter Luff.
Mr Luff was speaking after visiting the public exhibition organised by Scottish Power Renewables at Norton and Lenchwick parish hall last [...]
