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< Back to all project news 29 Mar 2010 - Low Spinney Independent planning inspector approves Low Spinney wind farm

Jeffrey Corrigan, Managing Director of Broadview Energy, welcomed today the decision of the Planning Inspector to approve the Low Spinney wind farm on land between the Leicestershire villages of Gilmorton, Ashby Magna and Dunton Bassett:  

“We are very pleased to have received the Inspector’s decision and we will work closely with Harborough District Council and representatives of the local community to carefully manage the wind farms construction and operation. We aim to start construction work towards the end of this year and start generating power in to the local grid by the middle of 2011.

We are very mindful of the objections among some parts of the local community and I hope that people will take some assurance from the Inspector’s reasons to approve our project and our own commitments to minimise the impact of the wind farm. In due course, we will also wish to talk with the local community about the creation of the community investment fund that will support local education and environmental initiatives.”

Broadview Energy has secured approval for a four turbine wind farm that will generate power for nearly 5,000 households as well as help to meet Leicestershire’s renewable energy target.  

Broadview first proposed the Low Spinney wind farm in May 2008 and in September 2009 the company decided to seek a Public Inquiry as its planning application had not been determined by Harborough District Council, the local planning authority, within the specified timeframe.

 

For media enquiries, please contact:
Lisa Ross at Broadview Energy Limited (lross@broadviewenergy.com / 020 8487 9150)

Notes to editors:

• Additional information on the Low Spinney wind farm project can be found at www.broadviewenergy.com or www.lowspinneywindfarm.co.uk.
• Broadview Energy Limited develops wind energy projects in the United Kingdom that will generate clean, sustainable energy. Broadview takes projects from site identification, through the planning process, to construction and ultimately operation. The company focuses on small projects, typically between two and ten turbines. It currently has a number of projects under various stages of development throughout the United Kingdom.
• The Government has a target, that 15% of all the electricity produced in this country should be from renewable sources by 2015; currently the figure sits at approximately 5%.