{"id":12921,"date":"2023-02-02T12:12:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T11:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=12921"},"modified":"2023-02-02T12:18:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T11:18:31","slug":"february-letters-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=12921","title":{"rendered":"February Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1652\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1652\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1634204129242.jpg?fit=100%2C42\" data-orig-size=\"100,42\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"quill-purple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1634204129242.jpg?fit=100%2C42\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1634204129242.jpg?fit=100%2C42\" class=\"wp-image-1652 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1614791868200.jpg?resize=150%2C63\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"63\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">Dear Community Council,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">Upon reading January\u2019s CC News, your article<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">mentioned the brief update regarding the planned<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">scheme for a Solar Farm at Parc Worlton. (name<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">spelt incorrectly by CC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">This is just an observation but having lived in<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">this area for over 40 years I can say that I didn\u2019t<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">know and wouldn\u2019t have known its location from<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">your news update. I appreciate this is not the first<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">mention; however, as articles\/meetings can be<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">missed clarity on location should be paramount.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">There are concerns that many residents will<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">overlook the scale and size of such a proposal<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">because they are not aware of where it is to be<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">positioned eg in a Special Landscape Area right on<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">their doorstep. Parc Worlton is a historic name<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">which is being used as a development name and<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">does not reflect that it is in Dyffryn and is far<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">reaching towards Barry. Not only that but when<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">cumulatively added to other proposed Solar Farms it<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">covers more than 700 acres of used farmland<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">between St. Nicholas, Dyffryn &amp; Barry and will<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">totally change the landscape for the next 40 years.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">Whilst I accept the CC may wish to remain<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">neutral on this subject I would like to think that they<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">have a duty to the community to be as informative as<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">they can about projects of this scale, size and<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">location. If topics such as this cannot be<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">communicated through your platform do you have<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">any suggestions where it can?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">You are more than welcome to circulate or print<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">these observations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">Kind regards,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\">Wendy<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(For information here is a plan of the proposed development<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12922\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=12922\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Solar-Farm.jpg?fit=600%2C488\" data-orig-size=\"600,488\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Solar Farm\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Solar-Farm.jpg?fit=300%2C244\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Solar-Farm.jpg?fit=600%2C488\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12922\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Solar-Farm.jpg?resize=600%2C488\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Solar-Farm.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Solar-Farm.jpg?resize=300%2C244 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">and further information can be found here:-<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parcworlton-pac.co.uk\/\">Parc Worlton Solar Farm, Dyffryn (parcworlton-pac.co.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/letter.jpg?w=860\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Dear Community Council, Upon reading January\u2019s CC News, your article mentioned the brief update regarding the planned scheme for a Solar Farm at Parc Worlton. (name spelt incorrectly by CC). This is just an observation but having lived in this area for over 40 years I can say that I didn\u2019t know and wouldn\u2019t have known its [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-3mp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4222,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=4222","url_meta":{"origin":12921,"position":0},"title":"January Letters","author":"Alan Williams","date":"27th January 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Letters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Letters","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?cat=138"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9790,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=9790","url_meta":{"origin":12921,"position":1},"title":"May\u00a0 Letters","author":"Alan Williams","date":"1st June 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 May\u00a0 Letters (The Editors are not responsible for opinions expressed, although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information. 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