Fears of U-turn on Mid Wales windfarms project
Fears have been raised that planning chiefs could make a U-turn on a decision to refuse permission for two controversial windfarms in Mid Wales.
Welshpool Town Council was updated on the progress of the applications for the windfarms in south Powys at its meeting on Wednesday.
Although the plans were initially refused, Amber Rudd, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, will look again at cases for windfarms at Carnedd Wen, near Llanidloes, and Llanbrynmair. If approved they could see a power line run from the farms through Powys and west Shropshire to just north of Oswestry.
At the meeting, Welshpool town clerk Robert Robinson said: "In my 40-odd years in planning when I've seen this happen is that the minister doesn't want to lose face so he makes a few changes and passes it, unfortunately.
"But the decision is unlikely to be with us before May."
Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies, who has led the fight against the proposed windfarms, has previously said he is not concerned by the situation. He said despite initial appearances that the decision has been reversed, it has simply taken the process back a step again.
