Planning decisions - high on a windy hill

This wind-blown collection of district councillors is standing on a hillside overlooking the proposed wind-turbine site at Linton. We were having a site visit to understand the scale of the proposals and the impact on the local villages. Our decision at Planning Committee was to reject the proposals, which will now go to a public enquiry next February.
Among other decisions we also agreed to allow a change of use for the Queen's Head public house in Sawston, which after 500 years of dispensing ale is struggling to make ends meet. A pity, but consumer tastes have been driving the market towards fewer pubs, even before the recession.

I also got agreement from the planning officers that we can use the building control department to make sure there is a plan for Station Road in Whittlesford that will control site access for construction vehicles building two new developments along that road. Less monumental that Linton Wind Farm, but still a decision that was needed.