Former MP Mark Jenkinson fears the impact of wind farm rule changes on Cumbrian residents.
Rule changes to allow more onshore wind turbines could mean “open season” for developers in Cumbria, a former MP has warned.Critics have raised concerns that it would mean an increase in unsightly structures in the Cumbrian countryside.
An inquiry by a former district council in the area concluded there had been 94 planning applications for wind developments in Allerdale in less than seven years - more than anywhere else in the county. "I live very close to the Tallentire Hill wind farm, and I walk my dog on Tallentire Hill - I have no problem with that."A proposal to build four 150m-high turbines, almost the height of Blackpool Tower, in countryside between Carlisle and Wigton has attracted criticism.
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