It’s time to Jazz it up!
As part of our continued entertainment series , we’re inviting you to come along and Jazz it up! Weh have a stoncking evening of Jazz lined up for you, just put on those Robe de Style or sit back and chill out – you choose!
Saturday 9th October 7.30pm for 8pm
Church Lench Village Hall
Only £10
Great JAZZ Music, Bar & Nibbles
Call: 01386 870950
ScottishPower Renewables – It’s time to quit
Now that independent experts have corroborated and vindicated VVASP’s fears about noise and visual impact on the good people of The Lenches, ScottishPower Renewables should do the right thing and withdraw their application.
ScottishPower Renewables have a wealth of opportunities to plan and implement in off-shore locations, as well as other technologies including extensive tidal power alternatives. We call on ScottishPower Renewables to now concentrate on these other opportunities and leave us alone.
That will then enable ScottishPower Renewables to give the best value back to their shareholders without damaging the environment and still meeting their obligations on Renewable Energy.
It’s time the residents of The Lenches are allowed to resume living in peace, and to enjoy the peaceful harmony of the area.
One who knows when he can fight, and when he cannot fight, will be victorious.
SUN-TZU: "THE ART OF WAR"
2nd Report from Wychavon District Council’s Consultants Vindicate VVASP Concerns
A new comprehensive report prepared by Wychavon District Council’s consultants to review the Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (L&VIA) and associated material submitted by ScottishPower Renewables and to provide independent professional advice to Wychavon District Council, has vindicated VVASP’s concerns about the visual impact.
At VVASP, we have consistently held the view that that this is an inappropriate location for the construction and operation of an Industrial Wind Power Station.
And, once again, the VVASP campaign to highlight the potentially damaging visual impact is clearly vindicated in this, the second damning report of ScottishPower Renewables plans, the Environmental Impact Assesment and their processes for analysing and predicting the potential visual impact from the turbines.
The consultant’s report highlights numerous inconsistencies within the documents and ScottishPower Renewable’s contemptuous, arrogant and lackadaisical approach to presentation of the information, including ignoring Wychavon’s own directions, in their own words:
On ignoring Wychavon’s instructions:
"… It is noted that this is to be subject to a separate design process and environmental assessment despite the Council in its scoping opinion stating that the impact of the scheme as a whole should be assessed. ”
commenting on the Photomontages, they say:
“The size of the images and wireframes in the ES appear to have been chosen for ease of fitting on an A3 size of paper, rather than accurately portraying the image.”
They also point out that the proposal will have significant adverse impact on the area and indeed would breach a number of policies including ENV1, CTC1, and CTC2
“The windfarm would be out of scale with and unsympathetic to the local landscape, such that its character would not be safeguarded, restored or enhanced by the proposed development. The proposal is therefore inappropriate to and will not integrate with local landscape character and is thus, in our opinion, contrary to policy ENV1 of the Wychavon Local Plan and policy CTC1 of the Worcestershire Structure Plan."
and they highlight quite a few significant effects including:
“.. there will be significant effects of the proposed development on some views from and on the setting of the Registered Park and Garden at Rous Lench Court (Grade II*). In our opinion there could also be significant effects on views from and on the setting of Ragley Hall Registered Park and Garden (Grade II*).
As we have said all along, this is an inappropriate location
We strongly advise everyone to download and read this report in full.
To download it, Click Here
Wychavon District Council’s Consultants Vindicate VVASP Concerns
A comprehensive report prepared by Wychavon District Council’s Environmental Noise consultants to analyse and comment on the noise assessment submitted by Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) in relation to the proposed Lenchwick Wind Farm, has vindicated VVASP’s concerns about noise.
The VVASP campaign to highlight the potential impact of noise from the planed industrial wind power generating plant is clearly vindicated in this damning report of ScottishPower Renewables plans, the Environmental Impact Assesment and their processes for analysing and predicting the potential impact of noise from the turbines.
The consultant’s report highlights numerous omissions, incorrect assumptions and inadequate assessments, in their own words:
“It is apparent that there are numerous issues that need to be addressed and resolved before the suitability of the proposed wind farm should be considered for approval. In the absence of further information, the data presented thus far indicates the development is unsuitable in terms of the resulting noise likely to arise.”
We strongly advise everyone to download and read this report in full.
To download it, Click Here
Say NO to 2500 Trucks (EACH WAY!) = 5000 Trucks
On Tuesday 17th April ScottishPower Renewables have planned a trial run to see if they can actually get the turbine parts to the site of the planned windfarm.
(Yes that’s correct, they’ve submitted a planning application, and don’t even now if they can get the bits there yet!)
If the ScottishPower Renewables plans for an Industrial Wind Power Plant are approved, then there could be up to 2500 trucks trundling through Norton and Harvington.
On top of that they have to get the massive Turbine towers and 46.5m long (that’s the size of one half of a football pitch) turbine blades up to the site, and they have two options, their preferred route is via Norton and Harvington and this is what they would look like:
So to tell them what you think – turn out on Leys Road Harvington between 10:20 am and 11:30 am on Tuesday 17th August and JUST SAY NO to ScottishPower Renewables.
There plans including hauling: 2,500 Lorries (EACH WAY!), 40,000 Tonnes Aggregate, 5,000 Tonnes Concrete through Harvington, just ask yourself:
Where Will You Park?
How Safe will your Children be?
How Noisy will it be?
What Damage will it do?
How Dirty will they be?
