How you can help

Even though the official Planning Consultation has ended, any letters submitted prior to the Planning Committee meeting will still be counted.

Please send messages of objection to the Planning Department at Mid Suffolk District Council.

Submit a separate comment for each interested person (including children) & remember to set the "Opinion" box to "Object".

John Pateman-Gee,
Senior Planning Officer,
Mid Suffolk District Council Offices,
131 High Street,
Needham Market,
Ipswich,
Suffolk, IP6 8DL

Please copy your comments to our MP & local District Councillors. This will ensure that they are fully aware of the high level of opposition to this development.

Badwell Ash Ward: Roy Barker, Kiln Farm, School Road , Great Ashfield , IP31 3HN

Walsham/Rickinghall Ward: Derek John Osborne, Grove Cottage, Palmer Street , Walsham le Willows IP31 3BZ

MP: David Ruffley, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Your comments can be as brief or as detailed as you wish. Here is a list ofreasons for objection for you to use as you wish:

* Size & scale – effect on landscape
·* Proximity of proposed turbines to local houses
·* Noise
·* Concerns re construction & access to the site
·* Proximity to bridleways & footpaths of Hundred Lanes network
·* Effects on TV reception
·* Shadow flicker
·* Possible effects on health of people living close to the turbines
·* Effects on local bat populations
* Effects on other local wildlife (e.g. birds & badgers)
* Possible irreparable damage to ancient hedgerows around historic Hundred Lane & Kiln Lane
* Aviation issues – effects on military radar, low-flying planes & helicopters – impact on Gt Ashfield airstrip
* Precedent – more turbines may follow
* Effect on house prices