Windfarm protestors secure council victory [National Wind Watch]

Campaigners fighting plans to build a wind farm near Market Drayton secured an important victory this week after district councillors voted against it.

More than 300 people attended a meeting at the Grove School on Tuesday where the proposal by energy company, Nuon Renewables, was discussed.

North Shropshire District Council’s planning committee decided by 11 votes to three to refuse them permission to go ahead.

Before the meeting, members of Vortex (Veto on Rural Turbine Expansion) gathered outside the school to protest against the plans to build the wind farm on land in Bearstone.

Chairman Anthony Ward, described the outcome as a ‘very good result’.

“This is a major victory which will inspire objectors in other inappropriate areas,” Professor Ward said.