You may have received the latest Burton Joyce Parish Council newsletter and enclosed template letter.
Please remember to write your name and address in the top right hand corner and sign your name at the bottom as omitting to do this will invalidate your objection.
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Please visit the link below to the 'One Show' about wind turbines near you**
Take a look at the One Show broadcast on the 19th May. Click on the link and fast forward to 18 minutes for an honest insight in to what it’s like to live next to a wind turbine. Watch out for “disco effects”, “strobing”, “headaches” and “ice throw”. (And a little bit of house value thrown in for good measure!)
Two open days have been arranged at the Canarvon Rooms in Burton Joyce to encourage residents to come and take a look at the findings of the working groups, and to gather more information about the appllication. They will be a very informal, and a chance to come and chat to us about your concerns.
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How to object **
Some of you may have received a letter from Gedling Borough Council (View Here) notifying you about the planning application and telling you how to object. You need to get any letters of objection to GBC by the as soon as possible.
If you visit the 'How To Object' section of this site there is a letter template and guidelines indicating how to object.
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What Re-volt are doing to object **
Behind the scenes we have been working along side the surrounding Parish Councils, and a number of working groups have been formed to analyse and asses the STW application.
It is the intention of the Burton Joyce Parish Council and Re-Volt to prepare seperate objection documents to the current application.
Must watch videos
Noise & General Impact!
davidjhurst — 30 November 2008 — In England, wind Turbines are being built withinh 1 kilometer of family home, causing misery.
Apparently there is no issue with Safety!
Reserveret — 22 February 2008 — A windmill in Hornslet near Aarhus broke its brakes and a storm made it break.
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PLANNING APPLICATION SUBMITTED**
Severn Trent Water have applied for Planning Permission for the 'Erection of two wind turbines plus underground cabling, access track, control building, temporary site compound and ancillary development.'.
As of yet we have no access to their submission or supporting documents. As soon as these are available we will post them here for download.
Thank you to everyone who came to
the village meeting on Thursday 19th November. Upwards of
150 people came to listen to presentations by the Parish
Council, Severn Trent and of course Re-volt. The strength
of feeling in the room was strong and it's fair to say that
the majority of the people at the meeting were opposed to
Severn Trent's wind farm proposal.
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The Orignial Re-volt presentation **
If you were unable to attend the
meeting our presentation is available here to read.
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Keeping in touch **
Thank you to everyone who has e-mailed
us their contact details or left their details on the sheets
last night. We will strive to keep you informed of the progress
that we make. If we haven't yet got your details then please
send them to info@re-volt.org.uk.
If you would like to join
the Re-volt committee then please do let us know.
At the moment we are an incredibly small band of people
so offers of assistance would be very appreciated.
Who is Re-volt?
We are a group of concerned Burton Joyce residents who
are horrified by Severn Trent Water’s plans to construct
wind turbines a short distance from our homes. If you're
not sure why we're horrified click on the 'local impact'
links.
To see the location of the turbines please click here
or look below. On google earth we have plotted the locations
of the turbines (from the STW OS map), this has allowed
us to plot the distance to homes. (*We have done our best
to put the turbines in the precise locations, we may be
a little out in our distances but not by much!) Click on
the picture to go to a larger version.
As you can see some homes are as close as 588m away.
Can you help us?
Please join the re-volt to help stop the building of the
turbines that will irretrievably affect all of our lives.
At the moment we are a very small band of people. We need
to be bigger. We need help distributing leaflets and generally
raising awareness. We also need people to carry out research.
If you have any professional expertise or knowledge we would
very much welcome your support.
If you would like to help then please do get in touch.
We can be contacted by e-mail at info@re-volt.org.uk
A very big thank you
We would like to take this opportunity to thank BLOT
(Belvoir Locals Oppose Turbines). BLOT has very kindly helped
us with the content on our website. BLOT has successfully
fought several wind farm developments in the Belvoir area
but are still involved in ongoing appeals made by developers.
BLOT have just launched their BLOTTERY to help fund ongoing
appeals. Visit the BLOT website for more information.
Disclaimer: This website represents the views and opinions of the re-volt committee and our members. We have strived to be as accurate as we can in relaying industry and media news on the subject of industrial-scale wind turbine developments.