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Planning Seminars and Wind Farm Visits for planners and Councillors
In June, July and September 2011, RenewableUK and partners held a series of FREE Planning Seminars across the UK. These events were held exclusively for local authority planners, councillors and representatives from statutory agencies and local interest groups.
RenewableUK has held these one-day events every summer across the UK. They are designed to inform participants about the key planning considerations most relevant to the development of onshore wind energy projects.
In 2011, as in previous years the Planning Seminars were structured in three parts:
- Morning session: A series of presentations covering the strategic drivers for wind energy, details on the economic benefits of wind energy developments locally and also details specific to planning under ‘localism’.
- Lunch: A visit to a local wind farm for attendees to see first hand an operational wind farm and allow them to learn more about the operational aspects of the technology from site managers.
- Afternoon workshop session: Enableing participants to explore the development process from a different perspective, while balancing the various economic, social and environmental issues facing developers, decision makers, consultees and other stakeholders in developing wind projects.
Participants have left these events with an increased knowledge of the range of considerations involved in the planning and development of wind energy projects and of EU and national objectives for renewable energy deployment. They have also come away with a greater awareness of the true nature of wind energy technology, and the facts associated with its development.
2011 Planning Itinerary |
| Date |
Location |
Visit to wind Farm |
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| Wed 1st June |
Wortley House Hotel, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire |
Bagmoor Wind Farm |
Event details |
| Tues 7th June |
Victoria Institute Village Hall, Caton, Lancaster |
Caton Moor Wind Farm |
Event details |
| Thurs 9th June |
STEAM – Museum of the Great Railway, Swindon, Wiltshire |
Westmill Co-operative Wind Farm |
Event details |
| Tues 14th June - CANCELLED |
Fife Lodge Hotel, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - CANCELLED |
Boyndie Airfield Wind Farm - CANCELLED |
Event details - CANCELLED |
| Thurs 16th June |
Hope Community Centre, Newtown, Wales |
Carno 2 Wind Farm |
Event details |
| Thurs 7th July |
Tremough Campus, University of Falmouth, Cornwall |
Goonhilly Wind Farm |
Event details |
Thurs 14th July |
The Maltings, Ely, Cambridgeshire |
Red Tile Wind Farm |
Event details |
| Thurs 1st Sep |
The Rossborough Hotel, East Lothian, Scotland |
Aikengall Wind Farm |
Event details |
| Tues 6th Sep |
Engineers House, Clifton, Bristol |
Bristol Docks Wind Farm |
Event details |
Many thanks to the following organisations for allowing us access to their working Wind Farms: Community Windpower Ltd, EDF Energy Renewables, Falck Renewables Ltd, REG Windpower, Ridge Wind Ltd, RWE Npower Renewables, Siemens Wind Power, Triodos Renewable Energy Fund and Westmill Coop.
If you have any questions about the Planning Seminars for 2011, please contact Sarah Harper, Events and Marketing Officer, on s.harper@renewable-uk.com or telephone 020 7901 3000.
Click here for information on previous planning seminars.
RenewableUK Replan
RePLAN is RenewableUK’s quarterly newsletter for planning officers and councillors in England and Wales. Providing up-to-date information about the development of wind energy for local authorities.
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