Wind Farm
From Bo J
Friday, 19 June 2026
I just saw this article about a Scottish potential wind farm being quashed after a court case about impact on local people and the environment. Perhaps we're going to have to do something similar about the proposed wind farm on peat bog above Hebden Bridge. If anyone crowdfunds for it, I'm in!
Useful links:
- Stop Calderdale Wind Farm
- Stop Calderdale Energy Park:
- Latest proposals for Calderdale Energy Park
- Peatland Alliance response to revised Calderdale Energy Park proposal
- Walshaw Turbines Research Group
- Save and Restore Walshaw Moor
- Calderdale wind developer: Calderdale Energy Park
- Guardian: What do Saudi developers know of Heathcliff? Brontë country up in arms over windfarm plan (Jan 2024)
Previously, on the HebWeb
Public Consultation on Walshaw Windfarm (17 April 2026)
Walshaw Windfarm: Planning Department challenge developer's 'misleading statements' (4 March 2026)
Discussion on the HebWeb Forum
Walshaw Windfarm proposals scaled back - Turbines cut to 34
HebWeb News: Windfarm survey results: 90% against (Dec 2025)
HebWeb News: Calder Valley MP has "lost his way" on how to protect Walshaw Moor (Nov 2025)
HebWeb Forum: Windfarms on protected peatland
HebWeb Forum: Calderdale Wind Farm (May- June 2025)
HebWeb News: Legal challenge to massive windfarm proposal (June 25)
HebWeb News: Report: Walshaw Windfarm community assembly