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Duddo Stone Circle wind turbine bid refused by government minister Greg Clark


Picked up from the 'Stone Pages' Good news it seems.

Plans for a wind turbine close to Northumberland’s answer to Stonehenge have been thrown out by the government.

The proposal less than two miles from the 4,000-year-old Duddo Stone Circle has been rejected by minister for communities and local government Greg Clark.

The decision follows a lengthy planning battle which saw the government opt not to defend a planning inspector’s decision to give the turbine the go-ahead in the High Court, following a protest led by a cross-party group of North East peers and the Bishop of Newcastle.

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http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/duddo-stone-circle-wind-turbine-10192385
moss Posted by moss
16th October 2015ce

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