Chatterbox - Lochwinnoch

SAVE
YOUR REGIONAL
PARK (SYRP)
Campaign
www.saveyourregionalpark.com
Kelburn Public Local Inquiry
(PLI)
This commenced on 10 June and finally
wound up on 7 July and those in
the team are saying thank the Lord it
is finished and let’s hope we don’t
have to go through another; that is
probably wishful thinking! A huge
thank you to all those who turned out
in support. The size of the public attendance
was noticed by the Reporters
as being greater than the Trump
golf course PLI in Abedeenshire, so it
made an impression. Thank you also
to members and supporters who participated
in the ‘Hearing of Individuals’.
SYRP campaign and the Scottish
Council for National Parks (SCNP)
joint submissions were led by Robert
Maund who also covered his involvement
with setting up CMRP, planning
aspects and what we considered the
dereliction of duty towards the Regional
Park by Scottish Natural Heritage
(SNH) which withdrew its objection
at the last minute and refused to
appear at the Inquiry.
James Fraser (a generous volunteer
Consultant from Dunblane) covered
Tourism; members, Ross Anderson
covered the visual and landscape issues;;
Sybil Simpson covered the Parliamentary
petition, the importance
of CMRP to people and the natural
environment; Nigel Willis covered
LWFAG / SYRP’s involvement with
the public, Community Councils,
Councils, Structure Plan organisations,
MSPs & MPs.
All built their cases around the need
to preserve CMRP from inappropriate
industrial development for current
and future generations and the fact
that the placing of Wardlaw Wood
windfarm in CMRP was already one
development too far.
Each group’s final submission can be
downloaded from
http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/ click
p followed by planning and on the
3 rd line click on New, Kelburn
Wind farm public Inquiry.
Windfarm Roundup
Leapmoor, Inverkip – application
still with Inveclyde Council Planning
Dept.
Kelburn, see across.
Wings Law, Kilbirnie – Wind Hydrogen
Ltd have lodged a planning
application with North Ayrshire
Council (No 08/00576/OPP) for the
construction of an electrolysis plant
for the production of Hydrogen at
Longshore, Glengarnock. It would be
close to Kilbirnie Loch but outwith
CMRP. Despite the Advertising Standards
Authority ruling reported recently,
their advertisement re: the
application could still be easily misconstrued
to mean that the Hydrogen
plant is connected to Wings Law
by a direct cable and we would remind
people that, if built, the electricity
produced by Wings Law
would be sold through the National
Grid and electricity for the Hydrogen
plant purchased through the Grid.
Therefore, the windfarm could be
situated anywhere and doesn’t need
to be in CMRP.
Millour Hill, Dalry – No new news,
application still with North Ayrshire
Council Planning Dept.
Ardrossan, No further news
Waterhead Moor, Largs – Planning
application still with the Scottish
Government, however, not all
the required documentation has
been lodged so we cannot lodge objections
yet. New proposals are expected
to be lodged in autumn 2008.
Kaim Hill. Here we go again! This
application is for 5 x 3 MW turbines,
each 125m/410’ high on Kaim Hill,
(near to Wardlaw Wood and the proposed
Kelburn and Millour Hill
windfarms.
We have until 20th September to
lodge objections. Please act now by
addressing objection letters to:-
Mr Ian Mackay, Assistant Chief Executive
(Legal & Protective Services),
North Ayrshire Council, Cunninghame
House, Irvine, KA12 8EE and
headed:- Fred Olsen Renewables Ltd
/ Natural Power Ltd – Kaim Hill
windfarm, Fairlie; 5 turbines, access
roads, quarries, cable trenches,
anemometer mast & substation etc
– Application No 08/00662/PP
You can also object online at
www.saveyourregionalpark.com
click objections then Kaim Hill,
complete the form and click send.
The objection will go direct to North
Ayrshire Council.
CHATTERBOX
SPECIAL DELIVERY
One of our readers has written in
to us with a great suggestion to make
Chatterbox more accessible to those
village residents who are not able,
personally, to collect a copy of
Chatterbox from the various outlets
around the village and visitor centres.
We know that some of our readers are
unable to negotiate the steep hills in
the village and/or perhaps live alone
and would like to keep up-to-date with
village life and local news and depend
on friends, family or neighbours to
deliver Chatterbox to their homes.
If you fall into this category and you
would like to have a copy of future
issues of Chatterbox delivered to your
door by our volunteers, please complete
the coupon below, cut it out
(after you have finished reading Chatterbox,
of course!) and either hand it
in or have a friend or neighbour handdeliver
it to the Chatterbox Drop Box
in Lochwinnoch Library for our collection.
Chatterbox is a free publication and
we are not in a position to post copies
out to readers. For those living further
afield, Chatterbox is also available in
electronic form on the Lochwinnoch
village website, at -
www.lochwinnoch.info/chatterbox
NAME
……………………………….
(Block Capitals please)
FULL ADDRESS (for deliveries)
……………………………….
……………………………….
……………………………….
POSTCODE ………………..
Contact number (in case of queries) -
Tel: ……………………………....