Bats delay plan for wind turbine
Posted: Dec 28, 2006 1:50 pm
A HOTEL owner is being driven batty by planning delays for a wind turbine that could bring green power to his business.
Stuart McGlynn, who owns the Norwood Hotel, Whalley Road, Accrington, hopes to place a small turbine on the side of his detached house, behind the hotel.
But the possibility that a bat population may be roosting nearby has put a temporary halt to the plans until a wildlife survey is carried out.
<a href="http://www.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/display.var.1093160.0.bats_delay_plan_for_wind_turbine.php">Full story in Lancashire (UK) Telegraph</a>
Stuart McGlynn, who owns the Norwood Hotel, Whalley Road, Accrington, hopes to place a small turbine on the side of his detached house, behind the hotel.
But the possibility that a bat population may be roosting nearby has put a temporary halt to the plans until a wildlife survey is carried out.
<a href="http://www.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/display.var.1093160.0.bats_delay_plan_for_wind_turbine.php">Full story in Lancashire (UK) Telegraph</a>