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The draft North East Renewable Energy Strategy published in March 2005 sets out how turbines should not be sited so as to impinge on principle views of the Cheviots. 

Strangely, Force 9 have done some photomontages of turbines in situ in their documentation - but hardly any have the Cheviots in the background - why not put the turbines on this picture, for instance. Taken from near Brackenside there would be a line of turbines going straight across this view.





Even more strange, the photomontages have "before" pictures, but they have omitted many of the "after"...? Why would that be?  How can this environmental statement be seen to be credible if there are such a glaring omissions ?

Here's a photomontage  done by  a  resident  who will be severely affected by the  development :

View from Coldharbour Cottage

before..





and after


Pictures courtesy of J & A Ferguson.


Pictures courtesy of J & A Ferguson.

Force 9's interpretation of visual impact assessment - a cropped letterbox view of the scene with just a turbine arm visible behind the house on the right.



Positions of turbines (above)

Below in the before and after pictures, cows are used in the foreground to distract the eye and make the very distant  turbines seem not much bigger than the height of the cows, when in fact they are almost 90 times the height.






The picture below is also visually deceptive as the turbines are actually more than twice the height of the anemometer mast...


Bowsden view




Turbines are over a mile away



In the picture below, the turbine and rotors are smaller than those proposed for Barmoor




 More pics here                            
 


The Flyer sent out for the public meeting :

WHAT’S YOUR VIEW ON

WIND FARMS?

This could be your view.


Turbine scaled to size of anemometer at Barmoor


The visual impact of these turbines would be devastating to the completely unspoilt landscape of this special part of north Northumberland.


© 2005 Don Brownlow



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