That sounds quite close. What rules are there in the UK governing where turbines of this size can be located in relation to housing?
In Scotland (and most of Europe) there are guidelines or legislation requiring wind farms to be situated no closer than a minimum set-back distance of 1.5km to 2km from residents. For example, a proposal to develop a wind farm (five 125m turbines) at Saline, in Scotland, was rejected in February 2010. This site is in Gordon Browns constituency, and he spoke out against the development. A Fife Council report that said the five huge turbines based just two kilometres away from 200 houses would have had an adverse effect on the landscape and appearance of the area, peoples health and even cause problems for Edinburgh Airport, with the turbines being visible on their radar. It is hard to imagine a development like Rushy Mead, with its proximity to residential housing and on the flight path to Heathrow, getting to the planning stage in Scotland. Unfortunately wind power planning guidelines in England are nowhere near as robust, and critically do not currently provide guideline set-back dist
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