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Go-ahead for wind turbine at school
COUNCIL planners have given the thumbs-up for a wind turbine at a Portland school.
But they want a review in two years' time to be sure that noise by the turbine does not cause a problem for people living nearby.
The consent means that a nine-metre tall turbine can be installed at the edge of the playing field at Southwell Primary School.
Members of Dorset County Council's planning committee gave consent after postponing a decision in June so that they could see a turbine in action. They viewed a similar one at Sydling St Nicholas.
Chris Stokes, the county council's team leader of development control, said the nearest property was the former caretaker's bungalow.
Mr Stokes said: "I talked to the occupier, who does not object and is in favour of it. But I would like to protect that property with a two-year review. If there is no problem then the school can apply again."
He said potential noise was one of two issues to be considered - the other was the visual impact.
12:36pm Sunday 6th July 2008
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CommentPosted by: Voice Of Reason, Weymouth on 5:58pm Sun 6 Jul 08
[bold]"Go-ahed for wind turbine at school"[/bold] I think that Dee Adcock (the writer of this article) should visit the school and ask for some extra spelling lessons..... (it's "go-a[italic]head[/italic] " although possibly without the hyphen..)
"Go-ahed for wind turbine at school" I think that Dee Adcock (the writer of this article) should visit the school and ask for some extra spelling lessons..... (it's "go-a
head " although possibly without the hyphen..)
Posted by: Tru Belle, purbeck on 10:12pm Sun 6 Jul 08
Hmm- 9 metres high-?
Well, they are some what shorter than the 125m- 460ft high turbines which are in being planned for this end of Dorset!
Hmm- 9 metres high-?
Well, they are some what shorter than the 125m- 460ft high turbines which are in being planned for this end of Dorset!
Posted by: Voice Of Reason, Weymouth on 12:03pm Mon 7 Jul 08
Hooray! They corrected the spelling. Well done Dorset Echo.
Hooray! They corrected the spelling. Well done Dorset Echo.
Posted by: maximus, Weymouth on 8:30pm Mon 7 Jul 08
There ought not to be any spelling mistakes, most word processing programmes have spell checking facilities and if they are not being used by Echo reporters and copy-writers, it must just be down to bone idleness?
There ought not to be any spelling mistakes, most word processing programmes have spell checking facilities and if they are not being used by Echo reporters and copy-writers, it must just be down to bone idleness?
Posted by: The Fish, Weymouth on 7:28am Tue 8 Jul 08
Maximus - shame programmes should read programs!
Maximus - shame programmes should read programs!
Posted by: maximus, Weymouth on 11:03am Tue 8 Jul 08
[bold]The Fish, Weymouth[/bold] Sorry, I get so used to writing in English, should have known better, I have only worked with computers for a short while, I started in 1963. I will try harder in future.
The Fish, Weymouth Sorry, I get so used to writing in English, should have known better, I have only worked with computers for a short while, I started in 1963. I will try harder in future.
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