Hundreds of home-owners in Burton-Upon-Stather have warned they will make a mass claim for council tax discount if a plan to build wind turbines alongside their village is given the go-ahead.
Burton against Turbines (BAT) will base their case on a landmark ruling last week by a woman in Lincolnshire, who was granted a discount because her home was rendered worthless by a turbine nearby.BAT last month organized a 400-strong rally against the seven-turbine plan, set for land owned by the family of Sir Reginald Sheffield.
A spokesman said: “If the wind farm does eventually get built we will certainly be looking for a block council tax reduction.
“This landmark case in a court of law has proven that having a nearby wind farm does devalue property.”
Read the full story in Monday’s Telegraph.
Scunthorpe Telegraph
4 August 2008
In this landmark ruling cited in the above story the noise created by the turbines devaluated the property.
I would like to add:
Based on Bp’s record of putting people first these stories must be a grossly distorted. Bp has repeatedly assured us that turbines aren’t noisy and that placement of large scale industrial wind developments near homes doesn’t affect property values in a negative way.
Recently their excellent safety record has been brought to my attention. In Texas Bp actually spent money lobbying so they wouldn’t have to spend money on safety upgrades in their Texas City refinery, I think 15 people died as a result.In August of 2007, Bp decided to increase the amount of pollution it dumps into Lake Michigan. They had all the permits necessary, everything was a go just like Cape Vincent, but the public became enraged when they became aware of Bp’s plan and demanded it be stopped. BP America Chairman and President Bob Malone said in a statement that the company decided not to increase its discharge of toxic materials into Lake Michigan because opposition to the increased discharge created an “unacceptable level of risk”
There are many more examples of BP’s corporate and moral irresponsibility and the people need to get the facts. The green shirts, or shall I say greed shirts, seem to be pleased with themselves but what they aren’t looking at are the long term health implications associated with low frequency noise (LFN) and living in close proximity to large scale industrial wind developments. Sadly the land owners who are hosting turbines on their property may be the people most affected by (LFN) because no matter how green your pockets are wealth can’t buy health.
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