Bradford Estate turbines plan fails to win Telford support

Plans for six massive wind turbines, which would be among the tallest in the country if built on an estate on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border, have failed to win the support of council officers in Telford.

The application to South Staffordshire County Council is for six new turbines, each of which would be 413ft (126m) tall, within the grounds of the Bradford Estate.

Estate chiefs have lodged the plans for the turbines which would be two-and-a-half times the height of Nelson's Column in London.