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< Back to all project news 09 Jul 2010 - Spring Farm Ridge Broadview shares wind farm noise data with local residents

Broadview Energy, the developer of the proposed Spring Farm Ridge wind farm, between the villages of Greatworth, Helmdon and Sulgrave, has provided local residents with data collected as part of a noise assessment which will be submitted with a planning application to South Northamptonshire Council. This gives local residents the opportunity to independently analyse and verify the data that has been collected and to undertake their own assessment should they so wish.

As part of a much larger environmental assessment of the Spring Farm Ridge site that looked at a range of issues such as local ecology, transport and archaeology, Broadview commissioned a specialist consultancy to carry out noise surveys at ten properties situated between 500m and 1.2kms of the proposed wind farm. The noise surveys, following best practice methodology, were conducted over a 9 week period earlier this year and involved taking measurements of the existing noise in the area at residential properties surrounding the site.  The data enables Broadview’s independent consultants to assess the likely noise effects of the wind farm should it become operational. The survey was conducted in accordance with local and national planning guidelines, standard industry practice and in consultation with South Northamptonshire Councils Environmental Health Department.

Olly Buck, Project Manager for Broadview Energy, said: “Local residents outlined a number of concerns relating to noise at our first public exhibition in March of this year and in subsequent correspondence.  The noise survey is one of a series of technical studies that we have carried out over the past few months to satisfy ourselves, and in due course the local council, that this site is suitable for a wind farm of 5 turbines. The noise survey has been carried out by experts and to help alleviate resident’s concerns we are happy to provide our data in the event that they wish to commission an independent third party to review the data that has been collected; it was a commitment that we made when we started the work.”

On Tuesday, July 13th, Broadview will be hosting another public exhibition about its plans for the wind farm. It takes place at Helmdon Primary School between 4.00pm and 8.00pm.

For media enquiries, please contact:
Paul Taylor at Taylor Keogh Communications (paul@taylorkeogh.com / 020 3170 8466) Lisa Ross at Broadview Energy Limited (lross@broadviewenergy.com / 020 8487 9150)

Notes to editors:

• Additional information on the Spring Farm Ridge wind farm project can be found at www.broadviewenergy.com or http://www.springfarmridge.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.