Author: mark

It is vital for the local community to show support for the project.

Please contact East Lothian Council Planning Department to make your views known.

You can do this by:

• emailing: environment@eastlothian.gov.uk 
• writing to: Environment, John Muir House, Brewery Park, Haddington, EH41 3HA

Some points (red is essential) that you might want to consider emphasising when making a comment are:

1. The visual impact of a community owned turbine is very different from that of a commercially owned turbine. This is shown by our survey of 500 random households across Dunbar and District that showed that 47% support private wind turbines (with 21% not bothered) while 68% support community owned wind turbines (with 13% not bothered).
2. The socio-economic benefits from the ~ £4million community controlled investment fund that will be used to support local projects, particularly investing in job creation and skills training – and other projects to implement Sustaining Dunbar’s Local Resilience Action Plan.
3. We want our money back, from increased fuel bills to support renewables, to create jobs in our community.
4. This project helps to implement East Lothian Council’s Environment Strategy which includes the action: Plan positively and seek opportunities to facilitate low carbon and renewable energy technologies for communities to produce their own energy. 

The East Lothian Environment Strategy also states: We will achieve the following outcomes:

•      Locally produced and distributed renewable heat and energy supply will be       encouraged, where appropriate
•      Opportunities to encourage and support a local economy will be sought
•      Local community action to address resource efficiency and climate change      challenges is supported