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TURBINES PLAN FOR SHERFORD
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11:50 - 14 June 2006
Wind turbines may form part of a major new settlement planned on the outskirts of Plymouth.
The turbines will provide electricity for the 4,000-home Sherford 'new town', which is due to be completed by 2016.
South Hams district councillors, who are fronting the Sherford project, will consider the final plans for the new town at their meeting tomorrow.
The plans will be put out for public consultation, with work scheduled to start on the project by the end of next year.
The council's head of community regeneration, Lee Bray, said the turbines would be sited in a 'community park' - a green wedge preventing eastwards expansion of Sherford into the South Hams.
Mr Bray said there were 'still a lot of things to tie up' and it was not yet clear how many turbines would be constructed.
However, he said energy provided by them would be used to supply Sherford with power.
Mr Bray said the turbines would not be dissimilar to those built in other parts of the country, such as Cornwall.
He said: "They would not be on such a large scale and would not be put on a ridge; the technology these days is such that they don't need to be sited on the skyline.
"Instead, they would be sited in a valley."
Mr Bray added: "We've always been looking to make Sherford self-sustaining and this is yet another way of doing it.
"The temptation was to tap into the new Langage power station, but we wanted to make Sherford self-contained."
The project was driven by the Government's insistence that thousands of new homes should be built in Devon.
District council chiefs have consulted local organisations such as environmental groups to produce the most acceptable design.
The original announcement that the project would be constructed on greenfield sites on the outskirts of Plymouth sparked thousands of objections.
Features of the Sherford project include an aim of encouraging people to use public transport instead of private cars in an attempt to reduce pollution.
The council is consulting experts in an attempt to reduce carbon emissions from specially-designed homes.
TURBINES PLAN FOR SHERFORD
Be the first reader to comment on this story
11:50 - 14 June 2006
Wind turbines may form part of a major new settlement planned on the outskirts of Plymouth.
The turbines will provide electricity for the 4,000-home Sherford 'new town', which is due to be completed by 2016.
South Hams district councillors, who are fronting the Sherford project, will consider the final plans for the new town at their meeting tomorrow.
The plans will be put out for public consultation, with work scheduled to start on the project by the end of next year.
The council's head of community regeneration, Lee Bray, said the turbines would be sited in a 'community park' - a green wedge preventing eastwards expansion of Sherford into the South Hams.
Mr Bray said there were 'still a lot of things to tie up' and it was not yet clear how many turbines would be constructed.
However, he said energy provided by them would be used to supply Sherford with power.
Mr Bray said the turbines would not be dissimilar to those built in other parts of the country, such as Cornwall.
He said: "They would not be on such a large scale and would not be put on a ridge; the technology these days is such that they don't need to be sited on the skyline.
"Instead, they would be sited in a valley."
Mr Bray added: "We've always been looking to make Sherford self-sustaining and this is yet another way of doing it.
"The temptation was to tap into the new Langage power station, but we wanted to make Sherford self-contained."
The project was driven by the Government's insistence that thousands of new homes should be built in Devon.
District council chiefs have consulted local organisations such as environmental groups to produce the most acceptable design.
The original announcement that the project would be constructed on greenfield sites on the outskirts of Plymouth sparked thousands of objections.
Features of the Sherford project include an aim of encouraging people to use public transport instead of private cars in an attempt to reduce pollution.
The council is consulting experts in an attempt to reduce carbon emissions from specially-designed homes.