Central Beds' development management committee approved the Marston Millennium Park's application for a 120m high wind turbine today. There was a lengthy debate and contributions from Marston Parish Council, CPRE and Tony Talbot of the Park Trust. Most the councillors who spoke were against it with the exception of Tom Nichols, sustainability portfolio holder and Nigel Aldis. There were references to efficiency, the value of a single turbine, the colour and whether it would result in extra traffic through Marston. There was some silly stuff like the man from the Campaign for the Preservation of Rural England who warned of turbines falling over and catching fire. And there was some blatant nimbyism from those who thought turbines should all be sent to sea. Tony Talbot said the turbine was appropriate to a post industrial landscape and justified it on the basis that climate change weas the biggest threat to a setting like the park.
Cranfield Parish Council,when it considered the application had voted to support it |(by a narrow majority)
Despite the imbalance of speakers, in the end it was a tied vote and the chair cast his vote in favour of approval.
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