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Sept
Knabs Ridge Wind Farm: Bid to extend operating life
The company behind Knabs Ridge Wind Farm has been told to produce an environmental impact assessment as part of plans to extend the farm’s life for another five years.
The electricity generating site at Felliscliffe was commissioned for 20 years on August 27, 2008.
It consists of eight turbines with a tip height of 98 metres, off Penny Pot Lane. The land is also still used for grazing animals.
RWE Renewables UK Operations Limited applied to North Yorkshire Council for a scoping opinion on whether it requires an environmental impact assessment as part of its extension plans.
Council case Officer Natalie Scholey has now determined that it does.
This means the company will have to assess the likely significant effects of the project on the environment and publish its findings in an environmental impact assessment report.
Proposals to build the wind farm were first unveiled in 2003.
The now defunct Harrogate Borough Council rejected the application in 2004 amid concerns that the site was only 15 metres from Nidderdale Area of Outstanding National Beauty.
Leeds Bradford Airport, which is just 10 miles away, also claimed the rotating turbine blades could cause false readings on air traffic control radar systems.
But the application was accepted on appeal by the government’s Planning Inspectorate.
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