Setting a bad precedent

Burton Joyce and the surrounding villages could be in danger of becoming a wind farm 'alley'. Once one wind farm has been granted permission, there is a greater likelihood of others in the same area being allowed.

In Swaffam in Norfolk where the locals supported the building of two turbines, eight have been built outside a nearby village and a further six are being proposed. Once the landscape has been degraded by one wind farm, the visual impact argument, which is one of the strongest, no longer applies.