Farmers in Wales are
dependent on accurate weather forecasts to enable good planning of their day to
day activities. It is therefore worrying to hear that the practical function of
the Met. Office weather radar at Crug-Y-Gorllwyn is experiencing problems due
to clutter caused by the existing wind farm at Alltwalis . This radar station,
which is 10 miles West of the wind farm, provides a detailed daily record of
the present conditions and is an important element of accurate forecasting for
South West Wales.
It appears that the
Met. Office was unaware of the proposed 2 much larger wind farm developments at
Brechfa West and Bryn Llywelyn and has just raised strong objections on this
matter. It will be interesting to see if, at this very late stage in the
planning process, the DECC minister in Whitehall can be influenced in his
decision about whether or not to give permission for Brechfa West to go ahead.
Presumably the Government Inspector who ran the planning process was
responsible for not consulting the Met. Office and therefore a degree of
flexibility can be used. Hopefully, with
regard to the Bryn Llywelyn application, the matter can be raised without too
much trouble at the appeal proceedings later this year.
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