Public Consultation

Please give us your opinions on the project proposals. This will help us design the project better. Please let us know what you think of the preliminary windfarm layout, the way any benefit should flow and anything else that concerns you. We will hold all your comments for inspection by the planning authority. Please feel free to leave or not leave your contact details as you wish.

You can make comments by letter or by email (Addresses at the bottom of this page). The consultation on the preliminary design ended on January 29th and the final project is now being designed using those comments. A further round of public exhibition and consultation will take place when the final design is submitted for planning application in the late Spring. However in the interim comments of a general nature on the preliminary proposals are still welcome.

The final project design will be presented for planning application with the supporting environmental impact assessment in the late Summer of 2006. This website will contain information on the final design. Public meetings will also be held on the final proposals. If you would like to be advised of the time and location of these please advise us through the contact details below.

Below is a list of specific areas we are interested in hearing comments on, but please don’t let this restrict you commenting on anything.

Specific Consultation Queries

1. Do you broadly prefer the eight larger ("3MW") turbines or the twelve smaller ("2MW") turbines layout?

2. Are there particular turbine locations or viewpoints that cause a disturbance?

If you want to be specific each viewpoint has a "VP" reference which is in the address bar of the website window when you are viewing an animation or still. To refer to specific turbine locations please use the turbine numbers for each layout given in the turbine numbers plan. Otherwise please just describe the view and concerns.

3. What are your main concerns?

4. What further information should be provided?

5. How best do you think community funding from the project should flow?

· to community projects
· to individuals through shares in the windfarm
· through discounts on electricity prices

6. Have you any specific ideas on applying community funding?

7. Do you support or oppose this project? Are any modifications necessary?

Consultation Addresses

Please respond;

By email: project.manager@maerdywindfarm.co.uk

Or, by post:

Maerdy Windfarm Project Manager
REP
Overmoor
Neston
Corsham
SN13 9TZ