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Article: Wind farm proposal rebuffed.
- Article from:
- Sunderland Echo (Pennywell, England)
- Article date:
- November 16, 2007
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A popular skydiving site has been saved from the threat of closure after planners unanimously voted against a bid to build a wind farm.
Peterlee Parachute Centre, at Shotton Airfield, feared it would have to put a stop to jumps if the go-head was given to install two 111metre-high turbines at Edder Acres Farm.
There were concerns skydivers could be blown into the blades, which would have put the viability of operations at risk, with one expert claiming the development would have been "tantamount to signing a death warrant" for one of the key sites for parachuting in the region.
All nine of the members on District of Easington Council's ...