If the planning application is successful the wind farm could make a valuable contribution to renewable energy targets and the fight against climate change.

Vicky Portwain, the developer of the scheme said, "We are very excited to get to this stage. We feel we have submitted a very thorough Environmental Statement (ES) which has been submitted with the planning application. This is the culmination of a lot of hard work by the staff at npower renewables, as well as many independent consultants.

"Further to the well-attended exhibitions back in November, we have changed the layout in response to comments from local residents. We have now moved the northernmost turbine further from the village of Bozeat, to a new position south east of the Three Shires Way.

"The issue of the turbine closest to Bozeat village was raised by a number of local residents at the exhibitions and we felt it was right to take actions to address this concern."

The proposed wind farm on this site is capable of producing enough electricity to meet the annual average needs of between 14,300 and 16,500 homes a year. This takes into account times when the wind does not blow.

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