Overview of Davidstow Proposal
There is a proposal for a wind farm at Davidstow by a company calling itself Community Windpower Ltd. The name of the project is Davidstow Community Windfarm.
Despite the name 'Davidstow Community Windfarm', this project is not proposed by, and nor is it for the benefit of, the community of Davidstow. It is an industrial wind farm that is being imposed upon us by a company based in Cheshire. We feel that the use of the name, both for the project and the name of the company itself, is misleading and an insult to the people of Davidstow!
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Here to see the sitings of the proposed turbines.
The proposal is for 20 turbines with a hub height of 80m, the blades will be 45.2m long with a rotor diameter of 92.5m. This makes a total of 126.25m to the tips of the blades. This is 415ft in old money and from where they will be positioned, they'll be higher than Roughtor and a just few metres short of Brown Willy!
The site is on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, partly within an Area of Great Landscape Value and Site of Special Scientific interest. It is in area 17 on the map of Cornwall County Council's Landscape Character areas rated Medium - High sensitivity and bordering area 25c rated High sensitivity. See Cornwall Sustainable Energy Strategy Map, Appendix 3 - Figure 2 [1.0Mb]
There is great concern about the threat to the fabulous birdlife, including our famous starling clouds in winter whose numbers have been counted to around one million birds. Then there’s the 100s of geese and golden plover, a large rookery, ravens and raptors. Other wildlife include rare bees and we will organise a survey of bats in the area to find out the species and roosting sites. Flora include orchids and drosera (sundews).
Davidstow is sometimes described as a "brown field site" because it was used as an aerodrome during the war. Many people think that the area should be preserved as a memorial to the service personnel who served here. Two museums occupy some of the original buildings.
Info
Mon Dec 8 2008
Fri Aug 29 2008
The details on the planning application web site have changed. The deadline for objections has moved out to 25th September 2008 and the number of statutory consultees has grown from 6 to 52
Tue Aug 26 2008
Rowan Farmer has created a Facebook group to spread awareness of the threat to Davidstow and Bodmin moor from the proposed windfarm
Mon Aug 25 2008
Fri Aug 22 2008
The wind farm at Davidstow is set to earn its developers Community Windpower, a Cheshire based company, 11.8 MILLION POUNDS per annum, tax free.
Love them or hate them, Felicity Stockwell takes us on a layman’s guide to the turbine phenomena and the current threat to the ancient and fragile Bodmin Moor.
Mon Aug 4 2008
Planning Application for Davidstow windfarm submitted
Rare bees identified at Davidstow Forestry
Info about the latest exhibition held by Community Windpower Ltd and updates on their website
Detailed information about the birds whose habitat could potentially be severely affected by the proposed development.
A collection of articles identifying some of the problems with disturbing peat bogs
Study on sustainable Energy Strategy for Cornwall
Diary
Tue Sep 16 2008
Camelford Town Council will be holding a planning meeting Tuesday 16th September 7pm. Community Windpower Ltd have been invited to attend.
This is an open meeting and all are invited to attend
Meeting date changed
Tue Aug 26 2008
Camelford Town Council has called an emergency public meeting at the NCDC offices, College Road, Camelford on 26th August 2008 at 7pm to assess the views of residents
Fri Aug 22 2008
Advent parish has called a meeting at Advent Parish Church on Saturday 23rd August 2008 at 8pm to assess the views of residents
Wed Aug 6 2008
Davidstow Parish Council has called a meeting at Otterham and St Juliot Hall (opposite Otterham primary school) on 19th August 2008 at 7pm to asses the views of residents
Mon Aug 4 2008
Planning Application for Davidstow windfarm submitted
Tue Jul 15 2008
Planning application for Davidstow Meteorological Mast
Fri May 9 2008
The Prime Minister's No 10 Petition system enabling us to petition for our views to be taken into account
Sat Apr 26 2008
Application update
