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Western Telegraph
21-05-2025
- General
- Western Telegraph
Plans for new 250-foot wind turbine to tower over road into Tenby
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park has listed an observation status for a proposal for a wind turbine up to 76 metres high at Summerton Farm, Sageston. Back in February, Pembrokeshire County Council planners, at their monthly committee meeting, refused an application by Tim French of CWE DS Limited to replace a current 60.5m high turbine with one up to 90 metres, or just under 300 foot, high on land north of Summerton Farm, near the B4318 road from Sageston to Tenby. That application, some 1.5km east of Sageston and 1.6km northwest of St Florence, had been recommended for refusal, with an objection to the scheme by the council's landscape officer recorded in an accompanying report. The application was recommended for refusal on the grounds its height and scale would have a detrimental impact on the visual amenity of the locality, with the additional clause of failing to comply with supplementary guidance. Agent Neo Environmental Ltd, in a supporting statement for that scheme, said: 'Whilst there is no change in the rated output capacity compared to the existing turbine, energy production on-site would be greater due to the following factors: improved reliability of newer turbine technology; increased wind speeds at higher elevations; improved wind to energy conversion efficiency of newer turbine technology; and increased swept area of wind capture.' Members heard the council's landscape officer has disputed the applicant's Landscape Visual Impact Assessment view the change in visual impact 'for a very large turbine in a rural landscape' would be 'slight'. A formal application for the 76-metre turbine has not yet been published.
Wales Online
21-05-2025
- Business
- Wales Online
Plans for 250ft wind turbine next to main road into Tenby
Plans for 250ft wind turbine next to main road into Tenby A previous scheme for a 90m-high turbine at Summerton Farm, near Sageston, was rejected by Pembrokeshire County Council earlier this year Plans for a wind turbine nearly 250ft high next to one of the main south Pembrokeshire roads to Tenby are in the early stages following the refusal of a previous scheme earlier this year. The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park has noted an observation status for a proposal for a wind turbine up to 76m high at Summerton Farm, Sageston. In February Pembrokeshire County Council planners rejected an application by Tim French of CWE DS Limited during their monthly committee meeting. The application was to replace a current 60.5m-high turbine with one up to 90m (just under 300ft) high on land north of Summerton Farm near the B4318 road from Sageston to Tenby. For our free daily briefing on the biggest issues facing the nation sign up to the Wales Matters newsletter here. The application, located 1.5km east of Sageston and 1.6km northwest of St Florence, had been recommended for refusal with an objection to the scheme by the council's landscape officer recorded in an accompanying report. The application was recommended for refusal on the grounds that its height and scale would have a detrimental impact on the visual amenity of the locality with the additional clause of failing to comply with supplementary guidance. Article continues below Agent Neo Environmental Ltd, in a supporting statement for the scheme, stated: "Whilst there is no change in the rated output capacity compared to the existing turbine energy production on-site would be greater due to the following factors: improved reliability of newer turbine technology; increased wind speeds at higher elevations; improved wind to energy conversion efficiency of newer turbine technology; and increased swept area of wind capture." The council's landscape officer has challenged the applicant's landscape visual impact assessment view that the visual impact "for a very large turbine in a rural landscape" would be "slight". An official application for the 76m turbine has not yet been made public. Article continues below
