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Appeal lodged

E.ON has decided to appeal the East Riding Council's decision to refuse consent for the Tedder Hill wind farm near Roos, Yorkshire. We've carried out a number of independent reviews of the application and still believe that this site offers an excellent opportunity to develop a wind farm, ensuring minimal disruption to the local landscape and community within the Roos area. On this basis, an appeal has been lodged to the Planning Inspectorate, which could lead to a public inquiry and final decision later this year.

Consent refused

Following a thorough consultation process and environmental assessment a planning application accompanied by an Environmental Report was submitted on 11 May 2006.

The application was heard at the East Riding of Yorkshire District Council's Planning Committee meeting on 28 August 2008 and was refused on landscape impacts, impacts on two locally designated Conservation Areas and its impacts on the neighbouring caravan park, with particular reference to shadow flicker.

Non-Technical Summary of the Environmental Report   (PDF, 2.16MB)

Why Tedder Hill?

Yorkshire and Humber, in the Regional Spatial Strategy (RPG 12), has set itself the target to install 674MW of renewable energy generation in the Region by 2010. Supplementary documentation in the form of 'Planning for Renewable Energy Targets in Yorkshire and Humber' suggests that 40MW of the overall target could come from wind energy in the East Riding area. The site at Tedder Hill would help the area and region realise these targets. It was chosen through a careful site selection process to minimise the impact on the environment and the local residents.

The Tedder Hill wind turbine cluster would:

• Generate green electricity to power up to 3,800 homes* each year
• Save up to 7,790 tonnes of CO₂ each year
• Provide a community fund of over £5000/year for the life of the project, 24 years
• Offer energy efficiency advice and benefits and educational materials to local schools
• The construction and installation of the wind turbine cluster would generate local employment opportunities and we will seek to place civil and electrical contract work with local contractors where possible.

* Based on the Government's long term marginal plant figure of 430g CO₂/kWh