npower renewables has submitted a planning application for a 16 turbine wind farm on farm land between Bozeat, Harrold and Lavendon at Nun Wood.

The local planning authorities (Borough Council of Wellingborough, Milton Keynes Council and Bedford Borough Council) will check the documentation and the planning application submitted by npower renewables.

An Environmental Statement (ES) which sets out the results of the environmental studies carried out at the site, has been submitted with the planning applications and has been forwarded to local libraries, as well as all three council planning offices.

When the application is registered, consultation letters will be sent out to properties that immediately border the site. The Local Planning Authorities will then put up site notices in the local area.

In order to make your thoughts on the wind farm known, you should write to your local planning officer. It would be helpful if you quote both the planning application reference number (which will be advertised locally by the council) and your address when writing to the planning department.

Each authority will then scrutinise the information submitted, and consider comments from local people and other consultees. Local Parish Councils will be a consultee.

A decision about the proposal relating to the land in their administrative areas will then be made by each local council.

The Environmental Statement covers all potential effects of the proposal from noise levels at local properties to impact on wildlife. This statement runs to several hundred pages.

For those who would rather not study the full ES, a Non-Technical Summary (NTS) has also been produced. It will also be available at the same locations or can be downloaded using the link on the right.

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