The Peel Gallery |

These panoramic views are from the PDF’s from Peel Energy’s website. When you click on them they open in a new window and with a magnifying glass pointer can be expanded further , then use the sliders to move around the screen for a closer view. The turbines in relation to the map do no not match up and positions are only approximate. The map supplied by Peel is faded out so actual grid references cannot be seen.

Since the meeting 14th September 2011 at the Holiday inn in Runcorn Peel have now been considering a larger turbine which has a larger span of 100 metres rather than the 80 metres as stated in the application when submitted. These turbines are huge and are not even made here in this country but over in Spain – so no jobs here then! Link to tech spec of these monsters HERE

Credits: Images below are Peels own images cut and pasted raw and have not been altered in any way – from the PDF HERE Please click on an image below to see a better view, they will open in a new window – many of the images show the wind farm as very insignificant but are you prepared to take the risk, particularly as the turbine span is now going to be 100m there has been no mention so far as to the new height of the hub.

There are three basic problems with photomontages as currently produced:

nearly all developers stitch together multiple 35mm images into wide panoramic images that bear little relation to the way we see landscapes;
wide, panoramic photomontages and associated wireframes are designed for use by landscape professionals, not for the public or the members of planning committees;
it is difficult for even experts to use these panoramic images as they are theoretically meant to be used: on site, held at eye level, slightly bowed, and viewed with one eye shut at a specified distance: this may be anything between (to use actual examples) 12 and 60cm.

Even landscape professionals disagree on how photomontages are used, as was seen at the Berwick public inquiry in 2009, where considerable time and trouble was devoted to trying to get an agreement on viewing distances and techniques between rival expert witnesses.