NEWS UPDATE 27 November 2009 Click here
| Planning Application | 2008/01432 Pending | |
| OS Reference | SW 140840 |
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| Company | Community Windpower Ltd | |
| Turbines | 20 | |
| Total Capacity | 50 MW | |
| Hub Height | 80m | |
| Blade Diameter | 92.5m | |
| Blade Tip Height | 126m |
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The name of the project is
Davidstow Community Windfarm.
Despite its name, this project is not proposed by, and nor is it
for the benefit of, the community of Davidstow. It is an industrial windfarm that is being
imposed upon us by a company based in Cheshire. We feel that the use of the name, both for the
project and the name of the company itself, is misleading and an insult to the people of Davidstow!
Community Windpower Ltd have posted copies of the Environmental Impact Statement documents they submitted in July 2008, plus the new material submitted in June 2009. These can be found on their website - Click here |
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Maps Location Plan Site Plan Nearby properties |
| Visualisations | |
| STINC Photomontages |
Showery Tor Turning to Tremail Farm Penmelen, Camelford Camelford Museum Wilsey Down Advent |
| Animations |
Rough Tor Showery Tor Turning to Tremail Farm Tyland Road Penmelen, Camelford Camelford Museum |
| Developer's Photomontages | Click here for map |
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The proposal is for 20 turbines with a hub height of 80m, the blades will be 45.2m long with a
rotor diameter of 92.5m. This makes a total of 126.25m to the tips of the blades. This is 415ft
in old money and from where they will be positioned, they'll be higher than Roughtor and a just
few metres short of Brown Willy!
The site is on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, partly within an Area of Great Landscape Value and Site of Special Scientific interest
There is great concern about the threat to the fabulous birdlife, including our famous starling clouds in winter whose numbers have been counted to around one million birds. Then there’s the 100s of geese and golden plover, a large rookery, ravens and raptors. Other wildlife include rare bees and we will organise a survey of bats in the area to find out the species and roosting sites. Flora include orchids and drosera (sundews). Davidstow is sometimes described as a brown field site because it was used as an aerodrome during the war. Many people think that the area should be preserved as a memorial to the service personnel who served here. Click for RAF Davidstow Website
This application was rejected by the Special East Sub-Area Planning Committee on Tuesday 11th August 2009
Some 372 letters of objection were received of which 315 were from Cornish
addresses. They include letters from the following organisations -
You can also read the statement made by Colin Coudery to the meeting about the visualisation issue |
