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Armistead debate continues
10:59pm Monday 19th May 2008
OPPONENTS and suuporters of a proposed windfarm in South Lakeland came face to face at a heated public meeting tonight (Monday).
Casterton Parish Council, which was originally left out of the public consultation surrounding the Armistead windfarm near Old Hutton, heard from one of the key men behind the plans - as well as anti-windfarm action group FELLS at a meeting in the Village Hall.
Phil Dyke, managing director of Banks Renewables - the County Durham based company which is proposing to build six 100metre turbines on the land - built the firm's case for wanting to develop the location before fielding a number of difficult questions from local residents - most of whom cast doubt over the efficiency of the renewable energy source.
Mike Hall, vice chairman of FELLS (Friends of eden, Lakeland and Lunesdale Scenery) said wind power was "intermittent" and "inadequate"
Mr Dyke said a final decision on the planning application could be reached as early as the end of June but that it was more likely to be September.
For the full story see Friday's Westmorland Gazette.
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