Fears of Necton 'industrialisation' after wind farm go ahead
Locals living in Necton fear the area will become industrialised after a huge wind farm was given the green light off the Norfolk coast.
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Locals living in Necton fear the area will become industrialised after a huge wind farm was given the green light off the Norfolk coast.
Opponents of plans to dig a 60km trench through the Norfolk countryside and a new substation “the size of Wembley stadium” for an offshore wind farm.
It has been lauded as a means of preventing a new cable trench dug across the Norfolk countryside each time a new wind farm is planned.
It has been lauded as a means of preventing a new cable trench dug across the Norfolk countryside each time a new wind farm is planned.
Sarah Butikofer, the leader of NNDC, said: "I think it is more than disappointing that once again government has announced such important news, when the attention of many will have been diverted. "This is an incredibly difficult situation, on the one hand I welcome the contribution this development will make towards the UK's target for renewable energy moving forwards, in 2030 and 2050, but I remain deeply concerned about the very likely impacts this will have on communities who have already been adversely effected by previous programmes. "The long construction programme will undoubtedly leav...