Appeal lodged against farm

Ballarat Courier
Friday 23/3/2007 Page: 4

AN appeal against the Hepburn Shire Council decision to approve the Leonards Hill wind farm has been lodged at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. On February 20 Hepburn Mayor David Smith used his casting vote to approve a building permit for the two-turbine wind farm along the Ballan-Daylesford Rd.

The wind farm, proposed for a site about 10km south of Daylesford, is a project instigated by the community-based Hepburn Renewable Energy Association. The council received 18 objections to the wind farm which mentioned issues including noise pollution, visual impact, a reduction in land values, close proximity to houses, problems with shadow flicker and glint and possible effects on flora and fauna.

Council also received 325 submissions supporting the proposal.