| We Won! SKDC voted 10:2 AGAINST! |
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Well done to everybody! On 11th March the Development Committee met in the Ballroom of the Guildhall in Grantham, rather than the Council Chambers, in order to accommodate the large number of locals supporting BLOT. The room was packed full of people who opposed the application. The atmosphere grew throughout the day as BLOT and 15 individual speakers stood and delivered a reasoned, common sense argument why industrial turbines should not be built in the Vale of Belvoir, close to homes. Only six supporters of the proposal spoke and only one of them was local to the site. In fact one came from as far away as North Wales!. The developer had some difficulty in answering questions put to him by the District Council about wind speed. Fortunately, a retired naval meteorologist, who had spoken against the proposal, was able to supply the correct information. We were all on a high by the time the votes were cast. The cheers and banging on the floor when the voting had finished was evidence of the elation everyone felt at winning the vote against the proposal. The Chairman of the Development Committee thanked everyone for behaving in such a measured way. The vote was reaffirmed on March 25th. The District Councillors are to be congratulated on their hard work. We sent them a lot of information to read and absorb. |
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