Npower's Legal Requirements:

Question:  ‘At what stage will (sic) be able to study the Environmental Scoping Report and then the full Environmental Statement?’

Npower says: ‘The full Environmental Statement (ES) forms part of the planning application and will therefore be made publicly available when the planning application is submitted and will be suitably advertised so everyone is aware of where they can access this information.  Scoping is due to be started in the next month or two and can take up to six or eight months to complete.’

EVAG says: This is complete and utter nonsense.  The Environmental Scoping Report has been done already and from the date npower put their application in to Stirling Council, the community will have only two weeks to find out that they have put an application in, look at the ES and object.

Community Benefit

Question:  ‘Is there an intention to make payments to neighbouring communities?’

Npower says: ‘As recognition for a local community hosting a wind farm npower make a meaningful and appropriate contribution to the local community…’

EVAG says: For the destruction of the countryside, for the noise, for putting at risk the health of our children, for the killing and displacement of wildlife, npower will pay each person the sum of 4p per day maximum.

25 Years from now

Question:  ‘What happens to the turbines at the end of their life?’

Npower says:  …the turbines and associated equipment will be removed leaving barely a trace of its (sic) previous existence

EVAG says: Who are npower trying to kid?  Do they really think the community is stupid?