sayno2byram

New information - see our map below to find out where the 11 turbines of Stubbs Bridge are proposed. This is early scoping information and therefore subject to change , but it does show the site and ambition of the developers.

Byram wind farm started out being called Byram Park, then it was called Ferrybridge and now it has been re-named Byram wind farm. They are all the same site and the same developer so please don't get confused by this - we will now refer to it as Byram wind farm. The developer for for this wind farm is e-on. They imply that the location for the proposed wind farm is already blighted. There is a limestone quarry to the east and a sewage works to the south. It is close to Ferrybridge power station so why not lets have a wind farm as well.

We live here and we know otherwise - the quarry is barely visible, is no longer operating and few people in the area will even know where it is, and the sewage works is well screened behind an area of woodland. The turbines which are higher than Ferrybridge cooling towers would be visible from miles around. There will be line of sight visibility from as far away as parts of Leeds, Doncaster, York, Goole and Selby.

The site is to the south of Hillam and provides the rural aspect for the villages of Burton Salmon, Byram, Hillam, Birkin and Beal.

If Woodlane and Byram wind farms both went ahead Birkin village would be surrounded by 23 turbines, each over 400 feet high. Beal would see a swathe of 23 turbines across a 135degree arc to the north of the River Aire.

See how the two wind farms might look from Beal Bridge - click here and all will be revealed.

and how they dominate Burton Salmon as you approach - views from Poole Lane & Ledgate Lane

Byram wind farm proposal is nine turbines, bringing the total in the immediate area to 30. ( Byram, Woodlane and Bishopwood.)

Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of
Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.