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Introduction to proposal

Glebe Farm, Community Power Cornwall and Pentreath Ltd. are working together in a joint venture to provide a legacy of social, environmental and economic benefits for the local area and Pentreath clients across Cornwall. The partnership involves the collaboration of a local landowner, a local business and community enterprise working together for mutual benefit, making sure that local people benefit from the rewards of developments in their area. This exhibition is being facilitated by Community Energy Plus to provide local residents with an opportunity to understand more about the proposed wind turbine at Glebe Farm, it‘s social, environmental and economic benefits and provide feedback on the proposals.

Pentreath Ltd.

Pentreath is an award winning mental health organisation working throughout the whole of Cornwall and Isles of

• Scilly. We inspire and support our clients through a journey of both personal and vocational (work) development

with the aim of securing future employment, education or training. As well as delivering tailor-made Information, Advice and Guidance sessions to our clients we also work to raise awareness and challenge any misunderstandings that society has about mental health.

Community Power Cornwall

Community Power Cornwall was the first community energy co-operative established in Cornwall and ran the first public share offer in Cornwall enabling local investment in its community wind scheme at Gorran. It is an Industrial & Provident Society (IP 030512) owned by its members and developed to act as an at-risk developer working closely with local communities to design, develop and deliver low carbon initiatives, minimising inherent development risks. As well as the development of specific projects, Community Power Cornwall is also about skills transfer and capacity building.

Glebe Farm

The Jeffery family have been dairy farming in the parish since 1972 and have been active in many community groups including Saint Enoder Parish church, Summercourt Academy and the 1st St Enoder Scouts. They also mentor new entrants in to agriculture and have provided placements for people with mental health problems. With a desire to become more environmentally sustainable the farm completed organic conversion in 2007. The renewable energy joint venture is part of the Jeffery family‘s plans to make their farm more environmentally sustainable while increasing the future financial viability of their business for future generations of the family to carry

• n farming.

Project partners

Site location

Northern Power Systems 100KW

Tip height: 34.2metres Hub height: 22.5 metres

Northern Power Systems have over 30 years of experience developing and manufacturing advanced, innovative wind turbines. The company‘s next generation wind turbine technology is based on a vastly simplified architecture that utilizes a unique combination of permanent magnet generators and direct-drive design. The turbine is available as a class 3 turbine for low-medium wind speed sites, and class 2 for high wind speed sites.

 High and Low wind speed blade size options (24m blade diameter)  Gearless direct drive technology maximises energy capture  State of the art power converter provides clean power to the local grid  Advanced blades use a unique aerodynamic design  Excellent aesthetics  5 year parts & labour warranty

Proven track record with over 20 years worth operation. Site wind speeds using NOABL at 25m = 6.3m/s Expected annual output at 6.3m/s: 275,000KWh This would be enough to power over 59 homes (based on average annual consumption of house in UK as 4,629 kWh, referenced in Cornwall Planning Guidance).

Specifications of proposed wind turbine

Specifications of proposed wind turbine

Wind Turbine Schematic

Technical assessments

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Cornwall Council has confirmed that there is no requirement for a full EIA. ‗Having regard to the characteristics, scale and potential impacts of the development, the proposal would not have an adverse visual impact upon protected landscapes. The turbine would be located outside of any defined protected landscape character. This decision is made having regard to the criteria set out within Schedule 2, appropriate consideration to Schedule 3 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2011, and the Governments Guidance contained within Circular 02/99 – Environmental Impact Assessment.‘ Heritage Impact Assessment Extract from conclusion of assessment produced by Albion Historic Environment: ‗Given the evidence collected in this HIA, the negative impacts of the proposed development do not outweigh the benefits. Results and discussion of data within this HIA show that the majority of potential impacts can be viewed as neutral to positive.‘

Noise Assessment

Conclusion of assessment produced by Eddie Jewell: The assessment has been carried out according to ETSU-R-97. Predictions of the turbine nose have been carried out according to the agreed calculation method, ISO9613-2, based on a NPS100-24 wind turbine. ETSU-R-97 states that ―if the noise is limited to an LA90,10min of 35dB(A) up to wind speeds of 10m/s at 10m height, then this condition alone would offer sufficient protection of amenity‖. Predicted noise levels from the wind turbine do not exceed this level at any receptor. Therefore noise from the proposed wind turbine complies with all relevant guidance on noise and there is no material reason to refuse this application of the ground of noise.

Technical assessments

Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

Extract from conclusion of assessment produced by AJN Landscape Consultants The application site and its immediate surroundings are not in an AGLV or the Cornwall AONB. The application site contains no noteworthy landscape features or characteristics, except for the boundary hedges. The site has a moderate sensitivity and has the capacity to accept change and development. The landscape effects during operation would be of no significance. The size of turbine proposed and the subsequent effects would comply with the guidance given in ―An Assessment of the Landscape Sensitivity to On-Shore Wind Energy & Large-Scale Photovoltaic Development in Cornwall – Final Report‖. Because the turbine proposed is small in size and is located away from them there would be no significant visual effects on Listed Buildings, Scheduled Ancient Monuments, or a significant number of dwellings. Visual effects during operation would be moderate and of moderate significance for a few receptors within about 760m of the turbine but slight and of slight significance up to about 1.9km. The proposed development has been assessed in relation to the landscape and visual aims of the identified relevant landscape policies and other publications as set out in the NPPF, Cornwall Structure Plan and emerging Cornwall Local Plan and complies with them. Overall, it is concluded that the development would not prevent the aims and policies being achieved and would not cause significant landscape and visual effects.

Technical assessments

Community benefits of proposed development

This proposed development would provide community benefit through two specific areas:

 A local share offer and investment opportunity through Community Power

Cornwall.

 To maximise local benefit and ownership of the proposed local renewable energy installations CPC will issue

a local public share offer following the completion of the planning process. This will give local residents the exclusive first opportunity to invest and own the proposed installations providing them with a direct economic benefit whilst supporting the future long term sustainability of Cornwall. If insufficient funds are raised through the public share offer in the local area the opportunity will be opened up to residents of Cornwall, maintaining this economic benefit of the development within the County.

 Direct support for Pentreath ltd.  This support will be provided through a 3% revenue share in the development and a fixed electricity price

at parity with grid export (currently 4.5p/Kwh). This price will be fixed for 20 years.

This type of Community Co-operative offers a number of key local benefits that support the ability to retain Environmental, Economic and Social benefits of renewable energy generation within the local area for the benefit of the local community. Aspects of Co-operative ownership include:

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Local empowerment. Community Power Cornwall (CPC) operates under a one member one vote rule enabling equity in the decision making process for local residents regardless of the level of capital they may be able to invest. To encourage all local people to partici- pate in the ownership of CPC‘s proposals the minimum number of shares required to become a full member of CPC will be set to an af- fordable value.

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Community led and designed renewable energy schemes.

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Communities taking responsibility for local energy use and its generation.

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Retention of economic benefits supporting individual members of the community whilst providing accessible revenues for wider community needs.

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Increased local energy security.

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Protection of assets for continued community benefit. Retaining wider benefits within Cornwall As a local Co-operative CPC will be procuring for all works within the County, ensuring all the economic benefits of the construction, maintenance and operation of this proposal can be retained within Cornwall. Alongside raising the necessary finance for approved schemes through a local public share offer it is likely the projects will also have to take on a level of debt. CPC have been working closely with the ‗Low Carbon Society‘ to ensure any benefits of debt finance are also retained within Cornwall. The Low Carbon Society is a Community Development Finance Institution (IP 031075) that currently

• perates a £1.5 loan facility with Cornwall Council, created to support the emergence of a vibrant community energy sector

within the County.

Benefits of Co-operative ownership

If planning permission can be secured, Community Power Cornwall will open a time restricted public share offer for investment in this proposal. Initially the share offer will be geographically restricted and exclusively open to those who live or work locally. This will give local residents the opportunity to directly own and benefit from this scheme. It is anticipated that shareholders could benefit from a potential investment return of up to 7% a year, with additional tax incentives also potentially available.

Local share offer and investment opportunity

Pentreath is an award winning mental health organisation working through-

• ut the whole of Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.

We inspire and support our clients through a journey of both personal and vocational (work) development with the aim

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securing future employment, education or training. As well as delivering tailor-made Information, Advice and Guidance sessions to our clients we also work to raise awareness and challenge any misunderstandings that society has about mental health. Pentreath recognises that supporting people to access facilities within their local community can help them to develop skills, self confidence and raise their future prospects and aspirations. Our clients are at the very centre of our projects and these are developed to meet their needs. This means we are always providing a fresh and continually changing service. The people we work with come from all kinds of backgrounds and have access to various programmes including vocational and recreational (leisure related) activities through us.

Promoting good mental health through personal development, education and employment

Case study: AP's Story For more than 12 years I have suffered from chronic anxiety and depression. Have been through many traumas and at times became so ill which led to going in to hospital on occasions. Life seemed not worth living, couldn‘t even go outside my own front door. I joined Pentreath and met many of people whom which today I still see. We all had some sort of illness in common. Pentreath did groups of activities which were a great help and started to get me back out there and start enjoying things again. Which leads to the next chapter in my life. I never did well at school, came out with know qualifications. Felt useless, no

• confidence. But 30 years on at 46, decided I wanted to do something

different and gain a qualification. I met up with one of the Pentreath team and chatted to her about going to college and doing a course in Beauty

• Therapy. With her help I went and enrolled for a nine month course which

was a big commitment; did not thing I could do this but I was so determined to do something for myself and achieve a goal. I also enrolled in a keep fit class as well. I panicked and at many of times felt like backing out of going back to college. I felt different from other people due to this illness but still carried on. The tutor was very understanding which helped. The course was very intense and hard, but I found it helped to distract me. With loads of course work and case studies and many exams at the end. It was scary. But I carried on. I passed all the exams except one, which I went back and took again, which led to going up to another college further up. I failed that one again, decided I couldn‘t go. Threw it again. Took a few months out and had a fit in my head of all the hard work I had done over the 12 months and de- cided to try one more time. At last I passed and got my Diploma in Beauty Therapy with a qualified badge as well. I can‘t tell you how good I felt about myself, at last at 46 I have a qualification and I am so proud. From someone who was so ill and been through so much and today I have achieved my goal. So to anyone out there, never give up, no matter how bad or how hard things are, you can achieve.

Project timescales

Screening decision issued — 2nd October 2012 Community Consultation —12 December 2013 Planning application submitted — Early 2014 Planning determined — March 2014 Share offer launched — Spring 2014

Have your say

We welcome your views on this proposal. Please complete and return a feedback form today or complete online at cep.org.uk/consultations by 2nd February 2014.