Wind turbine plans have turned my life into one big horror film
Last updated 05:37, Friday, 29 August 2008
PLANS for a windfarm have triggered a storm of controversy in a village overlooking the site.
An energy firm has applied for permission to build three turbines, each 115m high, on the outskirts of Cumwhinton, near Carlisle
Lesley Casson, whose home lies close to the proposed farm, said: “I go to bed thinking about it and wake up thinking about it. It is like a horror film.
“I’ve lived here for 10 years but there is a chance that I’ll be driven away by this. That is assuming I could sell the house now.
“These turbines are going to be higher than Dixon’s chimney in Carlisle and I’m told the wing span of the blades will be similar to that of a 747 jumbo.
“They will be visible from all over the village so you can imagine what the view will be like from my house and garden, which is my pride and joy. The fight to prevent this development is dominating my life at the moment.
“You work hard for something, then everything can suddenly change.”
One of Mrs Casson’s neighbours, pensioner Jean Burton, lives even closer to the site of the Newlands farm which would lie alongside the M6.
She said: “I’m worried about the visual impact of the turbines and the noise nuisance. But I’m really concerned about the constant flicker effect of the turning blades.
“Almost all of the rooms in my home face west so there will be hours on end when the sun is shining behind them. It will be going light/dark, light/dark all the time.
“I’ll probably be forced to draw the curtains and sit in semi-darkness but why should I have to do that? This has been my home for 40 years.
“I don’t know anyone in the village in favour of this windfarm. I think letters of support have come from outsiders.”
The company behind the scheme, Bolsterstone Innovative Energy Carlisle Ltd, says it will provide clean energy for thousands of homes and is prepared to pump £15,000 each year into a community fund.
The application is due to be debated by a planning committee on October 3.
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