Snowhill, Caldbeck

On 4/2/14 the Allerdale Development Panel refused permission for these 2 turbines. The reason given was that the turbines by reason of their scale and the elevated location on an exposed hillside represented a significant harmful intrusion into the landscape, including the landscape setting of the LDNP, to the detriment of the landscape character and visual amenity of the locality.

A screening application scr/2013/0002 for two 34 m turbines at Snowhill Farm, Caldbeck, only 440 m from the National Park boundary, was submitted to Allerdale Borough Council on 8 January 2013 and this was followed, on 15 January 2013 by a full planning application 2/2013/0037. On 31 January, in response to the screening application, the Council ruled that an EIA would be required.

The Applicant appealed, and on 28 March 2013, the Government directed that an EIA IS required.