"I am opposed to all the proposals from the Welsh Assembly TAN 8 policy re onshore wind power and National Grid re any proposals for substation Hubs and 400kV Pylons."

You can also use SPEN's own Consultation Feedback Form.

Here are STOPS guidlines for objection letters and feedback form filling:

WE MUST FIGHT TO SAVE THE UNIQUE CHARACTER AND BEAUTY OF MID WALES

The cause of the impending disaster facing Mid Wales is a flawed TAN 8 (renewable energy policy) that was approved by WAG in 2005 without considering the following issues – human rights, transport and grid connection problems, and the cumulative environmental impact; with NO upper limit set for the number of turbines to be allowed.

Since 2005, the planning system has been altered to be biased in favour of renewable development, thus making it extremely difficult to oppose these proposals on normal planning grounds.

We therefore have to all stand together to fight the development proposals and DEMAND A REVIEW OF THE TAN 8 POLICIES WHICH FAVOUR THEM.  This will not be an easy fight because the government’s strings are being pulled by multi-national greedy businesses that are in it for the massive profits available........BUT FIGHT WE WILL.

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FEEDBACK FORM – HOW TO SHOW OBJECTION

If you are unhappy with the deliberately divisive feedback forms which misguide us to think that we have to accept these proposals for Mid Wales, then say NO and give your reasons.

CROSS OUT EACH BOX and write ‘see attached letter’ and ATTACH A LETTER using the points below and over page.

Please expand points where possible to give objection more weight, and note that objection letters and feedback responses will be screened to highlight responses which have clearly been mass written, so please your own wording.

FEEDBACK FORM OBJECTION POINTS

THE CONSULTATION EXERCISE

• The feedback forms are deliberately divisive
• There are no tick box options for “none of the options are acceptable”
• The consultation exercise has commenced before National Grid has established the true costs of undergrounding the cables
• Only communities where the power lines will run have been consulted. Anyone going about their normal lives and passing through or by the corridor routes WILL be affected.
• National Grid and SP Manweb failed to provide sufficient information on their websites before the community consultation meetings commenced.
• The representatives manning the community consultation meetings are too few and unable to answer many of the questions posed to them by people attending the events.
• The community consultation meetings commenced even though SSE Renewables were not ready to attend the events.
• There have been no photos of the envisaged HUB at any of the meetings.

WIND FARMS

• Don’t save as much CO2 as suggested
• Won’t prevent need for conventional backup
• Massive environmental visual impact, not considered by TAN 8
• Threat to tourism
• Costing UK government and electricity consumers billions of pounds in subsidies in times of government cut backs, rising inflation, and fuel poverty
• Will do little to address energy security problems
• Unfair burden on WALES (40% of landscape blighted by turbines, power lines and hub)
• Unacceptable number of abnormal loads and thousands of other highways movements over several years of construction
• Reduction in property value, no compensation offered
• Removal of large areas of peat for ‘Olympic pool size’ foundations will increase flooding issues downstream

PYLONS

Only needed because of wind farms

• Massive environmental and visual impact, not considered by TAN 8
• Reluctance to underground
• EMF health risks – precautionary approach is not being taken
• Threat to tourism
• Huge loss of power during transmission of electricity because of distance to UK supergrid
• Even greater losses of power along 132kV system that 400kV system per km length because of lower voltage
• Greater overall lengths of 132kV and 400kV lines because hub is not located close enough to the wind farms Strategic Search Areas
• Unacceptable volume of construction traffic
• Reduction in property value, no compensation offered

HUB

Only needed because of wind farms

• Visually obtrusive
• EMF health risks – precautionary approach is not being taken
• Hub at Abermule is too close to large residential community
• Transport issues have not been identified or addressed. How will the 220 tonne abnormal loads (transformer) get to the remote hills of Cefn Coch or to Abermule over a listed bridge?
• Huge numbers of normal HGV movements during construction have not been identified.
• Reduction in property value, no compensation offered.
• Poor consultation – misrepresentation of the facts. (No photos of hub or pylons at Abermule Consultation) No opportunity to view alternative sites, removed from web site and not at exhibitions.

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