Issue - meetings

Any other items of business which, in the opinion of the Chairman, should be taken as a matter of urgency 

Report of the Southern Development Management team on the consultation by North Dorset District Council on planning application for 4 no. wind turbine generators and associated works close to the Wiltshire border.

The Chairman approved consideration of this item as a matter of urgency as the matter could not be reasonably delayed until the next scheduled meeting.

The chair drew members’ attention to Agenda Supplement (1) and the consultation paper from North Dorset District Council with regard to an application for four 120m wind turbines and associated works within close proximity to the Southern Wiltshire border.

Public participation:

Cllr Bridget Wayman, the Wiltshire Council adjacent local member, spoke in opposition to the proposed development

A debate ensued regarding the visual impact of such a development on the special landscape areas of South Wiltshire.

Resolved:

That the Committee endorses the contents of the previous Salisbury District Council Western Area Committee report dated 7 August 2008, notwithstanding the reduction in scale by two turbines, and delegates responsibility to Planning Officers to make representations to North Dorset District Council as follows:

That the Committee objects to the above mentioned planning application on the basis of the adverse visual impact to the rural landscape within the County, including land within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, as well as at other locations, that would result from the erection of four tall, alien, intrusive and animated structures.