CONTROVERSIAL plans for a 24.5-metre-high wind turbine at a former landfill site have been given the go ahead.
FCC Environment, which is in charge of the now closed Burntstump landfill site, off the A614 Ollerton Road, near Arnold, asked Gedling Borough Council for permission to build the micro-turbine to produce power for pumps used at the site.
The company said the wind turbine, which can generate up to 11KW of electricity to pump leachate – liquid produced from rubbish processing – would save 13 tonnes of greenhouse gases every year.
Councillors have now followed a recommendation by officers to approve permission.
The project was criticised by Calverton Parish Council, which said the turbine would be in the green belt and close to a proposed special protection area for nightjars.
FCC Environment said there were no outstanding wildlife objections from Natural England, the Notts Wildlife Trust or Notts County Council's ecology team.
