Palmers Hollow (RidgeWind)

Location Plan

The Proposed Scheme

RidgeWind Ltd. is seeking to develop a wind farm to be known as the Palmers Hollow Wind Farm. The proposed wind farm is located approximately 750m east of Normanton, 750m northeast of Bottesford, 750m north of Muston and 2 km west of Sedgebrook, in the county of Leicestershire.

The project will require planning permission to be granted by Melton Borough Council (MBC). In support of the planning application an Environmental Impact Assessment is to be undertaken. The results of this assessment will be submitted alongside the application in the form of an Environmental Statement (ES).

A temporary meteorological mast, 60m in height, has already received planning permission and is erected on the site.

The wind farm will be connected to the existing electricity network at an interconnection point in the vicinity of the site via overground and/or underground cables. The location and means of connection, and the cable route is yet to be determined. This electrical connection would be the subject of a separate planning application.

In outline (taken from RidgeWind's Request for Scoping Opinion Document):

  • The planning application is likely to be for a period of 25 years.
  • The proposed wind farm consists of 8 wind turbines and associated infrastructure.
  • Each turbine is up to 60m hub-height with a rotor diameter of up to 92m resulting in a maximum potential blade tip height of up to 106m above ground level.
  • Each turbine will have a nominal generating capacity of 2 MW giving a total installed nominal capacity of 16 MW.
  • The nearest turbine will be only 750m from properties in Bottesford and Normanton and 1km from the A52.
  • Wind turbine transformers (one per turbine) will either be enclosed inside the tower or located in a small container adjacent to the base section of each turbine tower.
  • Access roads for construction, operational access and temporary lay-down and construction compounds will need to be built.
  • One on-site electrical substation will be constructed and underground power and communication cables layed between the turbines and on-site sub-station.

Interim Scoping Response

BLOT has sent their Response to the Palmers Hollow Wind Farm Scoping Opinion to Melton Borough Council.

News

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Please also sign our 2 km Radius Petition: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/2000metres/

Read Alan Duncan's view on the Infinergy and RidgeWind proposals. Alan Duncan is MP for Rutland & Melton which extends to the village of Bottesford.
www.alanduncan.org.uk/newsitems/windfarmproposal.html

Melton Borough Contact Details

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MBC Contact Details
 

Disclaimer: This website represents the views and opinions of the BLOT committee and our members. We have strived to be as accurate as we can in relaying industry and media news on the subject of industrial-scale wind turbine developments. Please note, the image at the top of the page is an artistic representation of what the proposed Infinergy turbines would look like. We have tried to make it as accurate as possible by using the known height of the anemometer (just visible) in the photo and the proposed locations of the turbines from an Ordanance Survey map.