Teddington Weir Ham Hydro River Thames
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The Ham Hydro project has been modelled along the lines of community-led hydro power projects developed elsewhere in the UK, such as the Torrs Hydro New Mills and the Settle Hydro schemes
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Its already ****ed then
Got this from Fishing Magic posted by edrandall, I hope he will be joining us.
The easiest is to submit an objection is directly on the planning website,
visit this web address:
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Planning case file 11/3908/FUL
Press the "Comment" button and complete the form.
NB. You do not need to fill in the boxes with your email address and
telephone number, if you do they will be published on the web site!
Alternatively you can post a printed or written letter to:
Mr. Derek Tanner
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Civic Centre
44 York Street
Twickenham
Middlesex
TW1 3BZ
You MUST include all of the information below.
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From: {Your full name}
Address: {Your full postal address and postcode}
Planning application: 11/3908/FUL
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Dear Sirs,
I strongly object to the application to install
hydro-electric turbines on Teddington Weir.
The application is insufficiently detailed and
makes far too many assumptions, leaving a number
of aspects of the design open to the whim of the
developer.
1) Environmental Impact Assessment - The study
accompanying the application is poor, sweeping
statements are made about fish habitats which
show a clear lack of understanding of the subject
matter.
Without a full study of the weir pool habitat in
advance of the development, no-one will ever
know what the true environmental impact has been.
2) Noise - Very little has been made of the
whining noise from the gearboxes and generators
themselves, on a river this is likely to carry
a long distance. Nearby business and residents
will be badly affected.
3) Power generation claims - It is well known
that the flow down the Thames has shown a marked
decrease in recent years due to upstream
abstraction for water supply. Assumptions based
on historic river flow data are therefore invalid
and the amount of power generated will fall
woefully short of the claimed figures. The only
beneficiaries of the scheme will be the plant
manufacturer and the installation contractor,
local investors are likely to lose all of their
money.
"Green" technology is a fashionable place where
many people feel they would like to be making a
contribution in the current climate. This must
not be at a hidden cost to the environment.
The Environment Agency have a conflict of
interest as they are landlord, sponsor and
regulator of this project. They originally
promised that no more of these developments on
the Thames would go ahead until the
installation at Romney was operational and its
effects had been studied. Please help them to
keep that promise.
I urge you to reject this poor quality
ill-conceived application.
Yours faithfully,
{your name}
Teddington Weir Ham Hydro River Thames
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