"A warning about the health effects of noise from wind turbines was removed from a government study following pressure from civil servants.Is anyone in the slightest surprised?
Consultants recommended lowering night-time noise limits because the sounds made by spinning blades were enough to disrupt sleep patterns.
However, the advice, contained in a draft version of their 2006 report, was removed from the final submission which was eventually used in official guidance for local authorities ruling on planning applications from wind farm developers.
It means that hundreds of turbines at wind farms in Britain built since 2006 have been allowed to continue generating high levels of noise.
Evidence of the changed advice was uncovered after a two-year battle using the Freedom of Information Act by campaigners opposed to a wind turbine development close to their home at in mid-Devon. "
Monday 14 December 2009
Inneficient and now "noisy"
The Telegraph reveals that:
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