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IMPORTANT INFORMATION 7th September 2015
NOTE that the Helensburgh wind farm application has been withdrawn provisionally though another one may be submitted. For details see under "News" on this website.
What follows on this page is therefore past history and TEG-H will be revising its whole website if another planning application gets submitted.
Objections
At 25.01.15 there had been 23 letters of support for the wind farm and 351 letters of objection sent to Argyll and Bute Council. In addition to those, a petition with 205 signatures has been submitted objecting to the Helensburgh wind farm proposal.
Among these have been substantial objections from Scottish Natural Heritage and the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority and shorter objections from a range of national and local organisation, including three community councils. More representations are expected.
A vote taken at a public meeting called by the Helensburgh Community Council resulted in 32% support, 68% against the wind farm.
A questionnaire survey by the Rhu and Shandon Community Council showed 11% support, 89% against.
The developers' own questionnaire, sent by Royal Mail to households in Helensburgh, showed 38% support, 62% against.
Below you will see listed the five topic-based objections submitted by the Turbines Evaluation Group (TEG-H), followed by five specialist papers prepared for TEG-H.
TEG-H Objection - Landscape
| TEG-H Objection - Landscape |
TEG-H Objection - Visual and cumulative impacts
| TEG-H Objection - Visual and Cumulative Impacts |
TEG-H Objection - Economic impacts
| TEG-H Objection - Economic impacts |
TEG-H Objection - Other issues
| TEG-H Objection - Other issues |
TEG-H Objection - Supplementary objection (planning sources)
| TEG-H Objection - Supplementary objection (planning sources) |
TEG-H Objection - Emerging Local Development Plan
| TEG-H Objection - Emerging Local Development Plan |
Paper - Financial Projections
Prof. Andrew Bain has investigated financial projections related to the proposed wind farm. To see further details, and to view his paper in detail please click here.
Paper - Visibility and resulting impact
Dr. G. Riddington, " An Analysis of the Visibility
and the Resulting Impact of the Proposed Helensburgh Wind Farm", paper written for TEG-H, 2014
| Paper - Visibility and resulting impact |
Paper - House prices and the visibility of a wind farm
Dr. G. Riddington, "House Prices and the Visibility of a WInd Farm", paper written for TEG-H, 2014
| Paper - House prices and the visibility of a wind farm |
Paper - Impact of wind farms on tourism and retail in Helensburgh
Dr. G. Riddington, "
The Impact of Wind Farms on Tourism
and Retail in Helensburgh", written for TEG-H, 2014
| Paper - Impact of wind farms on tourism and retail in Helensburgh |
Paper - Impact on the historic environment
Fiona Baker, BA, FSA Scot., Director, Firat Archaeological Services Ltd., "Assessment of the Impact of the Proposed Helensburgh Wind Farm on the Historic Environment" written for TEG-H 2014
| Paper - Impact on the historic environment |
