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| donniedingle |
Posted - 04/03/2008 : 20:31:04
hi windies,
just announced today new changes to planning rules for domestic renewable energy projects, well worth the read.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2008/03/04102943
donnie.
just keep her spinning.. |
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| gotwind |
Posted - 05/03/2008 : 22:31:00
Agreed.
Hopefully Sir Hugh Piggott (I've just Knighted him ,he deserves it, they give them to boat rowers - Steve Redgrave!!) now he has a legal design spec for a DIY unit in Scotland.
Got to be good - I hope England follows suit.
The Futures Green - Getwind of it. |
| fungus |
Posted - 05/03/2008 : 22:00:07
'Wind turbines on domestic buildings would not be permitted in conservation areas or world heritage sites. Elsewhere they would not be permitted under PD if more than 3m above the top of the roof and with a blade length of 1.2 metres. The consultation also seeks views on what distance criteria should be set to safeguard near-by property against noise, proposing 100m as a basis for consultation. Free standing turbines would be similarly limited, with overall height limited to 11.1 metres and at least 12 metres from the boundary.'
Is the interesting part .. so theoretically we could have a 8' hugh piggott design wind turbine on a 30ft tower :)
I guess if you were able to design them to be very quiet you could have less than the 100m spacing, say 20 or 30m to provide tower clearance.. |
| donniedingle |
Posted - 04/03/2008 : 21:23:10
Hi Ben.
I thought a very encourageing t piece of news for scotland, in my area we are not to bad for having rules enforced ..lol, I did have the planning officer visit a long time ago and he said thats just a battery charger, "carry on donnie", but if it was supplying the grid it needed planning permission.
Whilst having the mandatory cup of tea with the officer, he did agree a tower mounted on an old lorry chassis or trailer would by classed as only tempory due to it being movable, and hence no planning needed.
The 2 electricity poles i got from the hydro, are 36ft long, 6ft in the ground and 30ft exposed for my tower, and no guy ropes or bracing required, and that was from the engineers mouth. But i do believe its how you respect your neighbours, as to how difficult planning is to get, noise is a big issue, the land being flat and open here, i do find the blade noise can be an issue.
Donnie.
just keep her spinning.. |
| gotwind |
Posted - 04/03/2008 : 20:44:20
Very encouraging Donnie,
Though I suspect you do pretty much what you want in your location, maybe not?
What government fool came up with this limited height figure;
'Free standing turbines would be limited, with overall height limited to 11.1 meters', surely 11 meters would do... (unless it is an imperial equivalent).
11 meters is pretty useful, higher than some mobile phone mast legislation - with no planning permission required?
Ben.
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