The march of turbines across Withiel continues, and the worst is yet to come. The three monster turbines on the parish boundary at Roche may soon be joined by a tower of similar size at Great Brynn Barton, the Firkin and Varcoe turbines are running in adjacent fields nearby, the Drake turbine has been joined […]

The wind turbine plague has reached the Parish with the erection of the Varcoe turbine which now towers over Withiel. Despite local campaigns and overwhelming rejection by the County Council, Piper and Drake have won their appeals and the first two turbines on the opposite side of the valley cannot now be stopped. They will […]

…ought to call the tune, but not where wind turbines are concerned. The Piper and Drake turbines in Withiel, rejected by the County Council’s planning committee for good reason, have been reinstated on appeal by a faceless bureaucrat over whom we can have no influence. Thus, aside from the Varcoe turbine already towering over our […]

Withiel Parish Council has voted to oppose the construction of a second wind turbine on the crossroads just south of the village after a discussion at a packed council meeting in April.
The application, by Mr Firkin of Trevidgeowe, envisages a turbine 47 metres high in a field opposite the Varcoe turbine, which was […]

The more one looks into wind turbines and domestic solar power, the more they look like scams organised at the expense of the public.

They do nothing to combat global warming, but play a major part in reducing people who can’t afford to buy into the subsidy racket to fuel poverty.

Here’s a primer:

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Cornwall Council’s East Area Planning Committee has rejected two planning applications for wind turbines in Withiel but accepted a third. The Piper and Drake turbines were rejected by large majorities – 12 – 0 in the first case, 10 – 0 in the second with two abstentions.

Unfortunately the turbine on Varcoe land at Hendra […]