The RWE Npower Plan “Orchard Way” Wind Farm

RWE Npower Renewables have submitted a planning application to construct five industrial wind turbines at Hill Farm, between Haversham and Little Linford.

Five turbines – 127m (417ft) high (almost height of London Eye)

3.5km of access roads, 5 concrete bases 18m diameter and 5 crane pads 40x 20m

An 80m anemometry mast, a control building 12m x 13m plus car park

50m from Little Linford Wood

1.4km from Linford Lakes

2.9km from Hanslope Church

130m from nearest bridleway

Old Haversham has several Grade 1 and 2* buildings, including the 12th century St Mary’s church just 1.4km away

Two bridleways – Swan’s Way and Midshire’s Way – are national routes. The British Horse Society recommends should be at least 4 x turbine height away for safety (508m in this case)

Dormice – a protected species – live on the site and have been re-introduced to adjacent Little Linford Wood in recent years

93 homes are within 1.5km – most of new Haversham will be just outside this

Edge of Milton Keynes City just 2.5km away

An overview of the 1500+ page application can be viewed as a PDF file by clicking here

Map 1: Where is the Wind Farm Site? Shows the site and the proposed locations of the turbines (marked in red) - please click the map to see larger view.

Map 2: Who will see the turbines? Yellow indicates the wide area where turbines will be visible

 

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