tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post656767894121763646..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Wind Farms and Democracy in Mid WalesGlyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-47072953131341718442012-04-20T15:24:59.167+01:002012-04-20T15:24:59.167+01:00Heard on radio shropshire a meeting held with farm...Heard on radio shropshire a meeting held with farmers? at Nesscliffe village hall yesterday 19/4/12. Route decided but won't be announced until after the local elections. Farmers to get £8k per turbine on their land AND compensation for farmhouse depreciation. BUT no-one else will get any compensation even if their property is next to the farmhouse and their property is devalued. How can this be fair and just?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-38185054650339332842011-12-24T11:30:13.559+01:002011-12-24T11:30:13.559+01:00Glyn,
Have you heard about Richard Jones, of Caerd...Glyn,<br />Have you heard about Richard Jones, of Caerdegog Uchaf near Llanfechell,Anglesey he is embroiled in a dispute with nuclear power giants, Horizon, which wants to grab his land and build the new nuclear Wylfa B power station. <br />Richard Caerdegog and family are earnestly fighting to defend their land, their livelihood and their heritage from Horizon Nuclear who want to buy 65 acres of their land. The Jones' do not want to sell their land to Horizon.JohnJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-80699455776970277592011-12-22T21:54:35.122+01:002011-12-22T21:54:35.122+01:00the problems you describe in Mid-Wales are eerily ...the problems you describe in Mid-Wales are eerily similar to the problems here in Ynys Mon. <br /><br />On our island there are 50 odd applications for onshore wind turbines in various stages of the planning process. And certainly it's not a legal or democratic process up here.<br /><br />First of all Councillors have submitted a good number of the applications yet they and some of their fellow Councillors feign an inability to discuss wind turbines, choosing instead to hide behind the 'pre-determined view' excuse.<br /><br />Of course there is no democracy in our local government as Commissioners are now in charge and the Labour Welsh Assembly Government has told us mere citizens not to expect our Council elections in May when the rest of Wales will have a vote.<br /><br />It is in this time of democratic vacuum that our island is facing a devastating blow to it's most successful industry. <br /><br />More than 4000 people are employed in tourism. Since the Royal Wedding Ynys Mon has attracted even more tourists than ever before.<br /><br />Any idiot knows that tourists will not return to this landscape when it is populated by wind turbines.<br /><br />But that is the prospect we face because hardly anyone in our Local Authority, and nobody in the Welsh National Government is prepared to stand up to the developers.<br /><br />I hope the people of Mid-Wales and North Wales will work together, stand together and stand up for what is right and what is in our interest!mairede Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-27788855635759495922011-12-22T14:55:01.755+01:002011-12-22T14:55:01.755+01:00If it is the "national interest" then wh...If it is the "national interest" then why is the land not being compulsorily purchased (like land for motorways)rather than having to pay rent per turbine ad infinitum at massive cost? The landowners could rent it back for grazing if they want then. Take this away and see how many want the windfarms on their land then!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-28402174848770515052011-12-22T13:20:27.891+01:002011-12-22T13:20:27.891+01:00Is there no 'pre-determined opinion on schools...Is there no 'pre-determined opinion on schools then? The Powys cabinet pre-meetings would seem to me to exclude all of them voting for anything when the minuted meeting finaly takes place.<br /><br />This priciple is not just potty but, much more seriosly, a refuge for despots.JBnoreply@blogger.com