The Isle of Wight Council Planning Sub-Committee will be meeting at Cowes Yacht Haven tonight from 6pm to consider the Vectis Wind Farm planning application.
Planning officers have recommended refusal of the application for five wind turbines, but the final decision will lay with the members of the Planning Sub-Committee tonight.
Over 500 people are expected to attend the meeting, hence the choice of larger venue than usual.
Serious about going green?
Infinergy, the company behind the application, say the scheme would provide electrical demands of up to 6,400 local homes if the application was approved.
Herb Lindlahr, project manager for the proposal said, “The Isle of Wight has ambitions to be energy independent using only sustainable technology, these ambitions can only be achieved with a range of renewable energy sources working together.
“We believe the proposed Vectis Wind Farm is the one opportunity to prove to the rest of the world how serious the Isle of Wight is about going green.”
Full details of the officer’s recommendations can be found in the document embedded below for your convenience.
