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The impact on the environment is possibly one of the main concerns of residents in Longhirst. There is the potential of noise and harm to local wildlife, but there is as well the visual impact.
Peter Coates has supplied me with above image, which is an impression of how a windfarm might look in Longhirst. He tells me, that he has placed the left and right turbine on the approximate borders of the proposed site and placed the other 7 turbines randomly in between.(Producing accurate photomontages is technically challenging and are subject to strict national guidelines, they are usually done using special software by specialist landscape consultants. So far I haven't come across anybody in Longhirst who can do this. (Above image doesn't claim to be accurate or to conform with these guidelines).) Well, how does it look? Personally I always liked the look for wind turbines, for me they look modern and stylish and I associate them with environmentalism and clean energy. But then I know people for whom they are just an eyesore. RES-Ltd. will be required to provide an Environmental Impact Assessment for the wind farm in Longhirst. It will be interesting to read this and if I can get my hands on a copy, I will publish parts of it here. I have written some comments on the impact of wind farms on birds, bats and mammals in the Windfarm general section of this website. Several times I have heard in meetings , that Blubbery wood and Longhirst Hall would be Areas of Natural Beauty. Unfortunately this is NOT the case.
However, Longhirst village, the Hall and its grounds were designated as a Conservation Area in 1980.
Further Blubbery wood is marked as a 'Site of Local Conservation Interest'
I found on the internet, some nice pictures on windturbines which are different:
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