Facts and Figures

• 6 turbines, up to 127m (416 feet) high with a blade diameter of approximately 82m (269 feet) wide will be located in fields to the south of Roman Bank (coast road between Anderby and Chapel St. Leonards.
  
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• Many properties and several caravan sites will be less than half a mile from a turbine.
• Each turbine will be sited on a concrete base 15 metres (40 feet) square and 2 metres (6ft 6in) deep. That's 450 cubic metres of concrete per turbine. A total of 95,000 cubic feet of concrete which will replace farmland with an industrial site.
• During construction there will be one or two hardstanding areas next to each turbine of up to 1,000 square metres, making a total of nearly 65,000 square feet. Although this 40cm (15 inches) deep layer may be covered with topsoil after construction, it will not be possible to use this land for agriculture ever again.
• 3.3km (over 2 miles) of access track will be constructed.
• Construction will take 10 months (and maybe 12 months, depending on the weather) and will involve more than 4,500 two-way lorry journeys through the Village.
• At least 2 of the turbines will be within the Coastal Conservation Area. The East Lindsey Local Plan - which the Planning Committee must use when making their decision - (saved Policy C1 - Development and Demolition affecting a Conservation Area) states:-
  Development within a Conservation Area, or outside it and affecting its character or setting, will be permitted only where its form, scale, proportions, siting, grouping, materials, boundary treatment and associated landscape preserve or enhance the special character of the Conservation Area.
• A two-storey electrical sub-station will be built - 9 metres x 8 metres (approx 30ft x 26ft), standing 7.4 metres high (24 feet).
• The first 2 turbines built at Mablethrope/Trusthorpe are just 87 metres (285 feet) tall with a rotor width of 44 metres (144 feet). The 20 turbines at Conisholme are 88 metres (288 feet) tall with a rotor width of 48 metres (157 feet). The 10 turbines at Bambers farm (at Thorpe, near Mablethorpe in the next field to the Mablethorpe ones!) are 87 metres tall (285 feet) with a rotor width of 44 metres (144 feet). In other words the Langham / Anderby ones will be almost half as big again as all the nearby onshore windfarms!
• The East Lindsey Local Plan - which the Planning Committee must use when making their decision (saved Policy A4 - Protection of general amenities) states:-
  2.79 Applicants should be aware that the Council will closely examine all development proposals for their impact on nearby premises; in particular to see if they would result in any of the following:-
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  - harm to the distinctive character of the area;
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  2.80 Where such a case is found, the Council will negotiate with the applicant to reduce the impact to an acceptable level. Failing this, the application will be refused.
  N-Power's/ENTEC's Environmental Statement says:- "This analysis indicates that the operation of six wind turbines, plus the access tracks and sub-station building, in this landscape type is likely to affect directly the character of this area within approximately 6km of the site. Changes include the introduction of additional activity into the landscape and changes to the skyline. (6km is 3¾ miles).
  
  Their document also says, when referring to the impact from Anderby Village: "The wind turbines will have a defining impact on the view and becomes a key focus in view... high magnitude of change."
  
  As they say in Latin: - Q.E.D.