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STINC was formed at a public meeting of residents on 13th August 2007 at Clease Hall, Camelford.
All of the Committee members are local residents and are working for the group as volunteers
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We represent a growing number of local people who are seriously worried about the wind
developments currently being proposed for Davidstow and Otterham plus the repowering of
Delabole. STINC is committed to halting the construction of these and any further
industrialisation of North Cornwall
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People in North Cornwall, and Davidstow in particular, are feeling increasingly under siege by
renewable energy companies.
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There are currently four operational windfarms in North Cornwall; St Breock near Wadebridge,
Cold Northcott at Laneast and Delabole, the fourth, Bears Down windfarm, is located in the
council areas of North Cornwall and Restormel. This is currently the most powerful windfarm in
Cornwall
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Two further windfarms at Otterham and Davidstow have planning applications in progress with
Cornwall Council, (formerly with NCDC), the Crimp/Morwenstow windfarm was granted planning
permission on appeal at Crimp near the Devon-Cornwall border following its refusal by NCDC.
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There is a scoping exercise being carried out for a windfarm near Bodmin. (The scoping exercise
takes place before formal submission of a planning application)
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The proposal at Otterham is in a neighbouring parish to Davidstow, as is the existing Cold
Northcott windfarm at Laneast.
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The company that operates Delabole windfarm has been granted permission to replace the existing
turbines with new, even larger, turbines.
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Powergen Renewables, the company that operates St Breock windfarm, has already obtained
planning approval to replace the old turbines with much larger turbines.
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If these new proposals go ahead, then together with the existing installations, this one small
area of North Cornwall would be carrying a hugely disproportionate burden for meeting the
renewable energy target for the whole of Cornwall. Whilst residents understand the need for this
country to find alternative means of energy production, surely North Cornwall is being unfairly
targeted by wind energy companies
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This area is already contributing its fair share towards meeting Cornwall's renewable energy
target and we feel that if these new developments are forced upon us, it would amount to nothing
less than discrimination against the people of North Cornwall!
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Residents feel that there should be open and truthful consultation regarding these proposals.
Whatever you think the solution is, please involve yourself in the debate. We are confident that
the arguments in favour of wind power as a significant, secure source of energy within the UK
are weak
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