Overview of Titch Barrow Proposal
Referred to by the wind farm company as Hendraburnick.
There is a proposal by a company called Ecotricity for four turbines at Hendraburnick, but they will actually be sited at Titch Barrow near the radio mast. The planning application was submitted for this site on 26th July 2007.
STINC protest at the site of the turbines at Titch Barrow, September 2007
The application is for a wind energy development comprising the erection of four wind turbines each with a maximum overall height of up to 120 metres together with access tracks, hard standing areas, information board, electricity sub-station, temporary construction compound and alterations to vehicular access on land to the south of the A39 to the north of Davidstow.
The land at Titch Barrow is on one of the highest points in the area, at 297m high. With turbines of up to 120m this means that they will be seen from the coast to the moors.
The Barrow itself is an ancient archaeological and spiritual site and should not be desecrated.
The site is also between the coast and Davidstow Moor and so is on the flight path of Canada Geese leaving and returning to roost at Crowdy Marsh on Davidstow Moor, as well as all the starlings doing the same to roost in the forestry also at Davidstow Moor.
The site is on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is in area 25c on the map of Cornwall County Council's Landscape Character areas rated High sensitivity.
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Appendix 3 - Figure 2 [1.0Mb]
We already have two wind farms close to this proposed new development. The Cornwall Energy Study recommends a 7km buffer zone around existing wind farms.
See
Appendix 3 - Figure 5 [1.7Mb]
The proposed Hendraburnick wind farm at Titch Barrow is within the buffer zones of both the existing Delabole and Cold Northcott windfarms and would also be within the buffer zones of the proposed windfarms at Otterham and Davidstow Moor.
On the map in the above Appendix 3 link it states:
"Please note that the landscape sensitivity study has been based on an assessment of wind energy turbines of 1.3MW in size with a hub height of 65m."
Urgent - please object to this application. Details of how to do this are here
