Mike Hall MP for Weaver Vale said: -

“Last year, despite local objections, Vale Royal Borough Council granted temporary planning permission for a 50m anemometer at Aston Grange Farm on 30/6/04.

“I and a number of other people objected to that application. One of the grounds for our objections was the fear that the application for the anemometer would pave the way for a wind farm planning application in the Weaver Valley.

“The Company responsible for the anemometer is Tegni Cymru.  This company is now proposing to site four 125m high wind turbines on the Aston Grange Farm in the Weaver Valley.

“I am totally opposed to the proposal to site four 250m high wind turbines on Aston Grange Farm. If granted, these four turbines would have a hugely detrimental effect on the beautiful visual amenity of the Weaver Valley, they would be truly out of character with the countryside environment and they would constitute an unacceptable development in the designated green belt of Vale Royal.

“When the planning application comes forward I will vigorously oppose it.”