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Stop Brixworth Wind Farm!Stop Brixworth Wind Farm

‘Saving the planet’
Or raking in the subsidies?

Six Giant Wind Turbines are proposed to be built in a designated ‘Special Landscape Area’ between Brixworth and Hanging Houghton. Each turbine being up to 410 ft. in height, will dominate the 141 ft. high spire of Brixworth’s unique Saxon Church, spoil the views of the surrounding countryside as well as imposing on other historical buildings and landmarks. One turbine will be so close to the Brampton Valley Way as to pose risks to walkers, cyclists and riders due to potential ice throw, turbine break up and shadow flicker which can spook horses.

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Your house value cut by 20%? That was the size of the award given against a couple who sold their house without telling the buyer about a wind farm that was about to be built.

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Do you want to sleep at night? The Davis family in Lincolnshire can’t! Their home is 900m from a wind farm and turbine noise has made their home un-saleable. Nor have they been offered any compensation for their loss. In the UK, wind farms are allowed to emit noise that exceeds the level the World Health Organisation says cause sleep disturbance.  Because the noise is above their heads, visitors to wind farms can be misled by the low apparent noise level next to the turbine, however, noise from turbines more often affects areas some distance from the site. On the continent there is a 2km occupied building exclusion zone, around turbine sites to safeguard against noise, health and safety concerns.

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Traffic chaos on the A508 Not only would it take around a thousand lorry movements to build the wind farm, but the connection to the grid may require an underground cable to be taken miles down the A508. The turbines will be an ongoing hazardous distraction to drivers.

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But is it green? Poor wind speeds in Northamptonshire mean that turbines would produce about half the electricity they would in a windy part of the UK. Wind turbines are in very short supply and experts have said that it does not make sense to use them in areas with such poor wind energy.  At local Burton Wold Wind Farm the best year so far has shown 22.18% efficiency.  Expert opinion suggests that Lodge Farm compares unfavourably with Burton Wold as is it not on an exposed ridge and has such an unfavourable terrain.

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Is it the profits or the carbon savings that are important?
Perhaps the estimated profits of £1,500,000 every year are the key?

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