Bats delay plan for wind turbine

[Wayne Harrison]

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>

[Ralph E. Powers]

At least the man is being patient in some ways to allow the survey to continue (despite it being an offence to hurt bats)... this is heartening news