Rutland County Council Refuse Application from RES Woolfox Wind Farm Photographs and Report

A special Development Control & Licensing Committee Rutland County Museum
Thursday 10th December 2015  RES  Woolfox Wind Farm Application







The committee rejected RES application

Cllr Edward Baines chaired the meeting he thinks you have to

eat the microphone making it difficult to follow what he was 

saying.

When it came to his turn to have his say on this application 

he wanted people to know Rutland County Council was not

against renewable energy. 

It's a difficult case because on hand we need renewable energy 

and on the hand these wind farms look terrible ugly the main reason 

for objections. 

The Tories were clearly supporting Tory local opinion on this

matter. The first question came a person against the wind farm

a good old friend of the RCC Tories a former high sheriff of Rutland.

There was little comment or debate from members of the committee.

Cllr Marc Oxley voted against the rejection.  

The committee meeting was in my opinion pure theatre and 

those present knew it. I overheard campaigners talking about 

future funding raising to campaign against the RES appeal even 

before Councillors had entered the meeting.

Something else I overheard which amused me was a discussion

about wind and fundraising by the campaign group. It was too 

windy for them to hold their latest fundraiser outside so they

held it in a garage. Proving there is no shortage of wind in the

area.

During one of the deputations for the application wind farms

were compared to windmills and how no one complained 

about them. If only RES could design something just as attractive.

I wonder if there were protests when the first windmills were 

built.

ITV News Central came to town

Rutland Radio conducted interviews after the meeting 

Rutland Radio News reporter interviewing the representative

from RES  I am assuming those interviews will be heard on 

tomorrow's news

Rutland UKIP

Relieved that Woolfox Wind farm application has been rejected by Rutland Councillors tonight. Too big, wrong location and no public support.

— Alan Duncan (@AlanDuncanMP) December 10, 2015