Draft Plans for the Public Consultation

The proposed windfarm comprises 7no. wind turbines on land at Helland Barton Farm, Bodmin, Cornwall. The proposed locations have been carefully considered to meet the latest constraints guidance, including ecology, noise, landscape and visual impact, heritage, shadow flicker, NATS, MOD and communications requirements.

All of these environmental considerations are subject to detailed survey work, designed and carried out under consultation directly with Cornwall Council specialist officers under an ‘Ultimate Planning Performance Agreement’. The reports and studies will be available for the public to review under the planning application, in the form of an Environmental Statement and Non-Technical Summary.

The site is rare in Cornwall in that it has both a very good wind resource and a substantial grid connection available. The development would result in a significant output of renewable energy generation in an undesignated location, relatively close to the substantial energy needs of the population of Bodmin.

If Cornwall Council is to realise its ambition to achieve 100% renewable electricity supply by 2030, this development is likely to be a critical contributor.