Urgent help required! Pls respond by 16 Dec 2011

[powun]

Dear riders
Please help by emailing to object to a planning application to site a 35 metre wind turbine (114 feet) alongside a council designated bridle path.
As riders, we know that horses and turbines cannot safely be in the same area. The path will become dangerous and unusable to both horses and riders. The turbines move and sound like a predator to animals and the shadows cast by the blades move along the ground appearing to chase the horse.

By objecting to this applciation you can help keep safe off road facilities for locals and visitors. Don't worry if you're not in the area. No doubt you are a potential tourist to beautiful Wales.

To object: email before 16 December, planning@ceredigion.gov.uk quoting application ref no A110866 for Caerllugest Farm, Llangeitho, Ceredigion, stating your objection is based on the adjacent bridle path becoming unusable due to horses likely behaviour with wind turbines. Bridle paths allow riders to avoid traffic danger and benefit the community.

Thank you for your help in keeping the bridle path safe and open. Come and ride it or we may lose it!

 

[quirky]

We ride past wind turbines, the horses don't seem to have a problem

What makes you say horses, riders and turbines cannot be safe in the same area ?

 

[galaxy]

I have just come back from holiday in Norfolk which is covered in Wind Turbines. I had always been told how loud thiey were and I was actually surprised how silent they are! Electricity Pillons make more noise!

 

[Marydoll]

No i have no problem with wind turbines, and if they were built Round me i wouldnt mind them either

 

[skydancer]

Wind turbines are not noisy - i live in Norfolk and there are loads!

 

[maxine1985]

I live less than a mile away from a new wind farm, never had a problem with them and there are horses turned out almost underneath them. The hunt met at the farm where the turbines are and we all rode within 20metres of them, horses didn't even notice them, they are very quiet and horses are used to clouds creating big shadows so shouldn't be an issue

 

[rhino]

We ride past wind turbines, the horses don't seem to have a problem

What makes you say horses, riders and turbines cannot be safe in the same area ?

^^this

 

[Merry Crisis]

I am affraid I am with the OP here. A farmer here wanted to allow wind turbines on his fields, its was called diversification! They can harm dairy cows and their milk yeild drops as they react to the thrum of the blades. I for sure wouldnt want to come accross these turbines on a bridle path, crikey there are enough hazzards to contend with without added alien looking massive turbines. I dont know what sort of horses you are riding that dont mind them, mine certainly would if they appeared on the horizen, let alone on a bridleway in close proximity. The farmer was turned down permission to allow them and rightly so. Dreadful useless things.

 

[kiteman0]

I didn't realise there were any usable bridle paths around there. I use to live in the next village.
If you take a look at the horses in the fields around bronant

 

[Queenbee]

Dear riders
Please help by emailing to object to a planning application to site a 35 metre wind turbine (114 feet) alongside a council designated bridle path.
As riders, we know that horses and turbines cannot safely be in the same area. The path will become dangerous and unusable to both horses and riders. The turbines move and sound like a predator to animals and the shadows cast by the blades move along the ground appearing to chase the horse.

By objecting to this applciation you can help keep safe off road facilities for locals and visitors. Don't worry if you're not in the area. No doubt you are a potential tourist to beautiful Wales.

To object: email before 16 December, planning@ceredigion.gov.uk quoting application ref no A110866 for Caerllugest Farm, Llangeitho, Ceredigion, stating your objection is based on the adjacent bridle path becoming unusable due to horses likely behaviour with wind turbines. Bridle paths allow riders to avoid traffic danger and benefit the community.

Thank you for your help in keeping the bridle path safe and open. Come and ride it or we may lose it!

Sorry but I do not agree, I keep my horses right next to RNAS culdrose, where there are planes and choppers aplenty, they just adjust, there are no problems. I fully support wind turbines and would never argue against them.

 

[kiteman0]

Damn phone.
The horses that are in the fields around the turbines in bronant don't look to bothered by them.

 

[quirky]

I dont know what sort of horses you are riding that dont mind them, mine certainly would if they appeared on the horizen, let alone on a bridleway in close proximity.

Funnily enough, none of the horses on the yard have a problem. Initially, a couple tried to rush past but that was all.
We pass by them on the road, they're probably 10-20 metres away. Horses go past happily if they are on or off .

 

[tallyho!]

No for me also. I believe horses and wind turbines will get along just fine once they make friends... We need more renewable sources of energy and I agree to the building of wind farms.

 

[tazzle]

Sorry OP another one not agreeing with you ...... we need sustainable energy and if we need more wind turbines then we all need to get used to them.

..... and if you habituate horses to these things they will be no problem at all. I agree a horse seeing them suddenly for the first time might not like it .... but hey, take the time it takes and get the horse habituated ( if you live near them ). Its just the same if you live near anything like army camps / airports / low fly zones / factories / and even round our way orchards at harvest time ( them machines that shake the trees to get the apples off make such an intermittant racket .. ... Do I expect the farmer to stop his harvest to let me ride past... heck no, If I choose to ride past its my responsibility to sort my horse out !

 

[FionaM12]

We need more renewable sources of energy and I agree to the building of wind farms.

Agreed. Much as I love horses and riding, the health of the planet matter to me more than bridle paths.

 

[Carefreegirl]

I think with the government guide lines of how many wind farms they need to build to reach their targets (don't know statistics) there's no point objecting. There's planning permission in the next village to me at the moment and they'll be beside a bridleway. Forgone conclusion they'll be built. Tbh I'm not really that bothered by them although may feel differently if I could see them from my house.

 

[rhino]

We now have one less to 'worry' about after last week's storm:

 

[shadowboy]

I have no issues with turbines. In fact I'm all for renewables. Got to wean ourselves off fossils fuels.sometime! I used to livery in Wales. Loads there and never had any problems

 

[Merry Crisis]

We now have one less to 'worry' about after last week's storm:

It was the wrong wind!!

 

[Keimanp]

I am also of the opinion that I can not agree with this. It is the riders and owners responsibility to introduce the horse to new things and surroundings and a wind turbine would not stop me using the bridleway nor would I let my horse shy away from it.

I would be confident in riding past and providing him with any confidence he needs to pass it as well. I think most of us have more problems with crisp packets than wind turbines. Maybe we should petition to have crisp packets band??

I have emailed the planning office and pointed them in the direction of this thread to highlight the differing opinions and the support and objections to wind turbines

Robert

 

[Merry Crisis]

I am also of the opinion that I can not agree with this. It is the riders and owners responsibility to introduce the horse to new things and surroundings and a wind turbine would not stop me using the bridleway nor would I let my horse shy away from it.

I would be confident in riding past and providing him with any confidence he needs to pass it as well. I think most of us have more problems with crisp packets than wind turbines. Maybe we should petition to have crisp packets band??

I have emailed the planning office and pointed them in the direction of this thread to highlight the differing opinions and the support and objections to wind turbines

Robert

Well done you Robert, as there are only 2 of us against wind turbines you are on to a winner there! Try a broader spectrum and see if you will be so happy to email the planning office!

 

[StormyMoments]

i see no problem with horses and wind turbines, like anything, they get used to it and they are not noisy anyway

 

[mulledwhine]

Noisy, ugly and not at all efficient!!

Hate them

 

[galaxy]

MC - I would have prob been "against" wind turbines until my trip to Norfolk. I had always been told how noisy they were and what a blot on the landscape. But my trip totally changed my view. They really are not noisy at all, and are not that ugly either. There is a lot more "technology" on the horizon uglier than wind turbines!!

 

[Holly Hocks]

I am affraid I am with the OP here. A farmer here wanted to allow wind turbines on his fields, its was called diversification! They can harm dairy cows and their milk yeild drops as they react to the thrum of the blades. I for sure wouldnt want to come accross these turbines on a bridle path, crikey there are enough hazzards to contend with without added alien looking massive turbines. I dont know what sort of horses you are riding that dont mind them, mine certainly would if they appeared on the horizen, let alone on a bridleway in close proximity. The farmer was turned down permission to allow them and rightly so. Dreadful useless things.

Agree with this - I used to be at a yard where there was planning put in to build a load of them nearby. They were eventually turned down.
Anyway - they're a waste of time. They're supposed to work when it's windy, but when it was windy last week and there was every opportunity for the bloody things to work, one of them set on fire! Hopeless, noisy and a risk to health.

 

[dressagelove]

Agreed. Much as I love horses and riding, the health of the planet matter to me more than bridle paths.

Yeyy Fiona! A fellow Tree Hugger hehe

OP, you sound like a typical NIMBY! These alternative methods MUST be addressed, or would we prefer no heating / electricity or heavy nuclear presence?!

Horses are wonderful creatures which are capable of adapting to our human world.
Sorry, won't sign it!

 

[Merry Crisis]

Agreed. Much as I love horses and riding, the health of the planet matter to me more than bridle paths.

Bet you wouldnt be so keen Fiona if they planted them on your doorstep. I prefer bridle paths myself.

 

[FionaM12]

Bet you wouldnt be so keen Fiona if they planted them on your doorstep. I prefer bridle paths myself.

Actually there are lots round here. And on the gate of the farm where I keep Mollie a notice of application for a wind turbine has just appeared. I'm sure we'll cope.

 

[lq22]

OP, I live near the site that had the turbine that went on fire after the recent hurricane and still fully support the development of new wind turbine sites. Sorry, won't be supporting your campaign.

 

[Queenbee]

Bet you wouldnt be so keen Fiona if they planted them on your doorstep. I prefer bridle paths myself.

I would far rather have them on my doorstep than a nuclear power plant... I have lived close to them, I think there is something quite fascinating about them actually, and am pretty appalled at the self centred attitude of some people, it is our duty to do what we can, where we can to preserve this planet, you don't have to lose the bridle path... it is not a choice between one or the other just because someone is not confident enough to acclimatise their horse to them, is not enough of a reason not to have them.