He continued : "The scale of this proposal – sixteen 100-metre turbines, occupying several hundred acres, would take a major part of the open countryside in the Cambridge area, when we are already losing so much to development which has to be in our area. The impact of these turbines on the landscape would be dramatic, given the open nature of our countryside. Impacts associated with noise, especially low-frequency noise, are as yet undetermined.
"This is clearly an inappropriate location for such development, and it is not necessary in my view to build a wind farm in our increasingly crowded local environment. The Danes are shifting from on-shore to offshore wind farms. As the Government’s Science and Technology Minister said, they are doing so "for the good reason that offshore wind turbines can be larger, which is more economical" (Lord Sainsbury of Turville, House of Lords Debate, 3 February) "I support Michael Howard’s announcement earlier this week that the Conservatives will promote renewables with maximum long-term benefit, including tidal/wave technology and offshore wind, while avoiding onshore wind farms in sensitive locations. We will ensure that decisions on wind farms are taken by local planning authorities, not overridden by central government.
"I call on ‘Your Energy’, as promoters of the Cambridge Wind Farm, to recognise these objections and not to proceed with their proposal."