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See our latest Press Release (7th November 2008) showing how little electricity the 6 giant turbines proposed for Silton would actually produce. The developers always talk about 'capacity' (ie the theoretical amount of electricity that would be produced) and not about the actual amount - always very much less! Go to the 'Stop Press' page.  There is also a recent press article about non-working turbines at Scout Moor.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Save Our Silton AGM will be held on Friday 5th December 2008 at Milton-on-Stour School, starting at 7 pm.

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See the excellent article from Christopher Booker's Notebook, Sunday telegraph 26th October 2008 - in Stop Press

SOS - MEMBERS' MEETING

The meeting took place at Milton-on-Stour school on the 13th October. Chris Langham updated members on the current position. Our response to the Ecotricity proposal was handed in to NDDC a couple of weeks ago. It consisted of a comprehensive report by our landscape architect, supported by the photomontages produced for us by Architech. There was also a noise report. The document included a summary and our own conclusions, by John Constable. The photomontages were shown at the meeting (please see the new Photomontages page for further details).

We have now been told that the Development Control Committee will probably consider the application at its meeting on the 27th January.

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THE BLIMP

Hundreds of local people watching the blimp earlier this month were shocked to see how high it was over the field near the site proposed for the turbines. But the blimp is only 20 feet long and 8 feet across at its widest point (a mere speck seen from the ground), while the six turbines blades, 230 feet in diameter, will each take up more than an acre of space as they turn in the sky.

The blimp was paid for by a group of SOS supporters who have leased it free of charge to SOS.

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UNANIMOUS OPPOSITION TO THE TURBINES

NOT ONE COUNCIL IN THE AREA AFFECTED HAS VOTED IN FAVOUR OF THIS PROPOSAL - EVERY SINGLE ONE VOTED TO OPPOSE!

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LETTERS TO THE COUNCIL

THERE WERE ALMOST 2000 LETTERS OF OBJECTION AND ONLY SIX IN SUPPORT!