The Great Notley Country Park Wind Turbine project has been put on hold, including the public consultation process which has now closed.

Please see the press statement below for further information.

The Council would like to take this opportunity to thank those people who visited the public exhibition and have submitted feedback on the proposal to date.

Should you wish to contact the Council regarding the project please e-mail turbine@braintree.gov.uk

NEWS STATEMENT

Wind Turbine Project Put On Hold

Braintree District Council’s plans to produce green electricity are to go on hold, including its public consultation exercise, as uncertainty grows on the anticipated income from the Government’s feed-in tariff scheme for renewable energy projects.

Cllr Graham Butland, Leader of Braintree District Council said: “It would be wrong to continue to seek public views on our proposal to put a wind turbine at Great Notley Country Park when we are becoming increasingly uncertain of whether it would be financially viable. I am also concerned about the differing views on appropriate distances of wind turbines from residential properties as nationally there is still a lot of debate on this. Therefore we are putting the wind turbine project on hold so we have more time to research and clarify these key issues before considering the future of this project. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank those people who visited the exhibition and sent in their comments; the consultation exercise to date has been informative, but I think it is right to now bring it to a close as the Council itself has some key issues to consider before we commit any more resources to this project. I want to be assured we are doing the right thing.”