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Protest Walk a great success
Around 200 people gathered to celebrate the opening at long last of the bridleway and footpaths at Chelveston Airfield, on Sunday 22nd October and to protest against the landowner’s planned wind turbines and bio waste recycling factory. Many of these then enjoyed walking the airfield’s 4 miles or so of footpaths.
This event was a great success with representation from all local villages and was testimony to the strength of feeling against the planned development.


THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT

The new landowner has twisted and turned for around 12 months trying to keep these rights of way closed and attempting where he can to change their routes, but his maneuverings with the respective councils have not resulted in any changes and the councils finally insisted the landowner re-opened them.
Despite this, the landowner has erected 6 foot high, industrial-style metal mesh fencing lining the rights of way that is totally out of keeping with the area. If this is the attitude to the footpaths, we can expect any industrial development to have a similar lack of sympathy for the area.

Legal Update
Preserve has appointed an expert firm of lawyers to assist it in its battle to prevent the devastating impact the Airfield land-owner’s plan will have on the site. The lawyers have already submitted a comprehensive response to CRE’s (Chelveston
Renewable Energy’s) first planning application, which is now being reviewed by East Northants Council (ENC).

What's Next?
Preserve continues to work hard fighting the plans for the Airfield on YOUR behalf. You may be interested to know that the group’s Executive Committee  meets on average every 3 weeks and the group is well organised into working parties covering different disciplines. We welcome any comments or suggestions you have and, of course, any help you can give.  We are prepared for a long and challenging battle. To this end, over the coming weeks the group will be asking for donations to its cause. Good legal representation costs money as do the group’s other activities and we hope that in this respect you will be able to assist us. Thank you.

 

Generators and buildings

application lodged for the generators and buildings

Anomometer extension
Landowner application to extend the amemometer operation for a further year

Burton Wind Farm Ofgem figures show that the capacity factor or efficiency at Burton Windfarm averages ONLY 16 per cent.Using the DTI conversion figure this means that at best it could “save” a total of 11,500 tonnes of CO2 annually.This is just 25 per cent of the figure claimed in the planning application and less than the annual emissions from 75 articulated lorries.

A recent study showed an average of 1000 lorries per hour using the A14.So, put another way, annually the Burton turbines on average may, at most, save the equivalent of 4.5 minutes’ worth of A14 lorries at any one time!

 

 

 

All day on Sunday, 22nd October - the day of the protest walk at Chelveston Airfield - this event was the lead story every hour, on the hour, on Chiltern Radio news!

CRE Planning Application Response Recently, Preserve distributed details of CRE’s first planning application to all the villages most effected by the plans. This application is a forerunner to the main development consisting of the wind farm and waste recycling plant. Many thanks to all our village coordinators for their efforts in circulating this information and collecting villagers’ objections. These have now been collated and passed to East Northants Council. Thanks also to all those villagers who took the time to register their objections.  Over 500 objections were received by the Council. A strong response to all planning applications is vital and will continue to be so!