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NAVITUS BAY OPPONENTS
DOMINATE PUBLIC HEARING
ESIDENTS, business owners,
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politicians and representatives
local groups spoke over-
whelmingly against the proposed
£3.5bn Navitus Bay wind park at
the first in a series of Planning
Inspectorate hearings.
The 80 registered speakers, and a
handful of others who turned up on
the day, were each given three
minutes to voice their opinions at
the nine-and-a-half-hour open floor
meeting held at the Bournemouth
International Centre on Tuesday.
Most urged the four inspectors to
recommend refusal, citing the visual
impact and effects on tourism,
sailing, trees and wildlife and
commercial fishing, and damage to
land along the cable route.
They also expressed concern over
increased noise and the reliability of
wind energy, and questioned why a
location in England’s only natural
world heritage site had been chosen.
On the other side, those in favour
of the scheme said the south coast
would benefit from investment and
new jobs, and the park would make
the UK less reliant on foreign
sources of energy and help in the
fight against climate change.
Lawrence Crapper, commodore of
Christchurch Sailing Club, warned
the turbines would be a danger to
boats.
He said: “Crown Estates really did
not do their homework when
allocating this area — this is a busy
area for commercial and recreational
boats, why build 194 obstructions in
it?
“The inevitable consequence is
marine
accidents
involving
Listening: three of the planning inspectors at the BIC
'I loved my brother'
says murder accused
HYTHE man accused of fatally
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stabbing his identical twin on
Year’s Eve broke down in
tears as he told a jury that he
“loved” his brother.
Robert Cerqua (31) told
Winchester Crown Court he did not
intend to hurt or kill Christopher
Cerqua after the pair became embroiled in an argument at their
Langdown Road home last year.
The trial was told by prosecutor
Nicholas Haggan QC that Robert
plunged a kitchen knife up to 17cm
into the abdomen of Christopher “in
a fit of temper” after the siblings had
been drinking. But the defence case
saw Robert go into the witness box
and maintain he acted in selfdefence when his brother, who had
been smoking cannabis, came at him
with a knife.
The argument started, Robert
said, because the pair were sat drinking in the kitchen and Christopher
spotted two cans of lager under the
table and insisted he be given them,
but Robert refused.
Their father, Peter, calmed the
arguing and gave them one of the
beers each. Robert said he then told
Christopher: “You’re such a f***ing
lightweight.”
“When I looked up he turned round
with a kitchen knife in his hand. He
was glaring at me. I thought, ‘I’ve got
to get the knife’. My memory is a bit
hazy, but we scuffled,” Robert said.
He next heard his brother “yelp”, he
said, adding: “I looked down and I
had the knife in my hand.”
Robert said he ran out of the house
without stopping to put on his shoes,
not because he thought he had really
hurt Christopher, but because he
feared his brother would strike back.
“I panicked. I didn’t realise how
badly he was hurt. I was scared of his
retaliation –– I wasn’t hanging
around,” Robert told the court.
Asked by defence barrister Patrick
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recreational craft and commercial
shipping. This may result in loss of
craft and life, but if a commercial
ship became impaled on a structure
it would certainly lead to pollution
on our coastline.”
Milford resident Captain Richard
Underhill agreed the turbines would
create a “no-go” area for sailing
vessels.
“Sailing a yacht through the farm
would be very difficult,” he told the
meeting. “The blades on the turbines
are huge — very similar to the size of
a Boeing 747 wing. Pleasure craft will
be forced into a very, very long route
around the farm for their safety.
“My fear is they would be unable to
control their vessel. The tide and the
wind shifting would cause the boat
to become out of control and cause it
to come into contact with the
turbines. I have been informed by my
friends who sail in the east coast that
this is the case.”
Robin Grey, UKIP’s prospective
pa rl i a menta r y c a n di da te fo r
Christchurch, questioned the need
for green energy and evidence
behind climate change.
New Milton town and district
councillor Steve Clarke criticised the
visual assessments which showed
the potential outlook from Milford,
stating a better location would have
been from a higher point such as
Barton clifftop.
He also said the cable route was in
an unsuitable rural setting, would
leave a “permanent scar” and cause
the loss of hundreds of well established and deep-rooted trees.
Bournemouth East MP Tobias
Ellwood also spoke against the
planning application, which he said
was the hottest local issue of his
political career, while Christchurch
MP Christopher Chope was
scheduled to speak but was unable to
attend due to parliamentary business.
Andrew Langley, co-founder of the
Challenge Navitus campaign group,
said the project was in the wrong
place and not enough assessments
had been carried out.
Life-long Barton resident Martin
Weston voiced concern at damage to
land on the cable route, disruption
during construction, and what
w o u l d be l e f t o v e r a f t e r t h e
decommissioning process.
“As a local resident with a young
family I know alternative [energy
sources] must be considered, but
they must also be considerate to the
environment,” he said. “Industry on
this scale — whether it’s green or not
— is still industry.”
Tony Stewart, speaking on behalf
of the Dorset Campaign to Protect
Rural England, said the development would damage wildlife and
important habitats, while Dr Tony
Warne from Trees for Dorset said the
cable route would lead to a longterm loss of established woodland
which could not be mitigated
through replanting.
He said: “How can we show our
commitment of care to the New
Forest National Park, one of the
most important areas in England, if
we have this cable route running
through it?”
He went on to say the heat from
the cables would have an unknown
effect on vegetation, and suggested a
more suitable location for them
would have been in Fawley where
there is less greenery.
Roy Pointer, representing Poole
and Christchurch Bays Association,
questioned the need for the project
when the government was already
on course to meet its green energy
targets for 2020.
He also said the intermittent use of
a back-up power source at times of
low wind flow would be inefficient
and could lead to an increase in CO2
gas.
Michael Laver, who recently
moved to Highcliffe from Clactonon-Sea, which is home to a wind farm
cited as a positive case study, said
Navitus used “misleading” photographs making the turbines look
smaller than they were.
On the other side of the debate,
Barton resident Chris Lisher, who is
a l s o t h e h a r bo u r ma s t e r f o r
Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight,
claimed the development would
bring in much-needed investment
for the island.
He told the inspectors: “We have
been involved with the developers
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Bob's poetic tribute
to late wife touches
the hearts of millions
his proposal to create a ‘Grand
Designs’-style house on the Solent
foreshore as an exception because
of its innovative nature.
Jim Ratcliffe, founder of chemical
giant Ineos, has submitted a third
application to replace a corrugated
iron bungalow, Thorns Beach
House, and its boathouse, between
Beaulieu and Sowley, with a contemporary eco-friendly home capable of
being raised on a jacking system if
sea levels rise.
He said the aim was to create a zero
carbon emissions home with solar
thermal hot water and advanced
insulation and glazing.
Mr Ratcliffe said the plans had been
drawn up by one of the country’s top
designers, Charles Morris, and he was
applying for permission under paragraph 55 of the National Planning
Framework. This permits exceptions
to local planning policy if they are
“truly outstanding or innovative” and
“sensitive to the local area”.
A planning inspector who rejected
his appeal against refusal of a previous
scheme said the design had been “very
good, but not quite good enough” to
meet the demands of paragraph 55.
Mr Ratcliffe said: “Charles Morris
in his redesign has addressed these
issues and, in our opinion, done more
t h a n s u f f i c i e n t t o me e t t h i s
threshold.”
However, NPA planning officers
have recommended members refuse
the latest application when they
consider it at a meeting on Tuesday.
Their report states: “The approach
taken by the applicant to essentially
tinker with the scheme dismissed at
her funeral is held next week.
The 47-year-old supermarket
worker from Blackfield had been
tending to her horse Sprattley when
she was stabbed to death in a
B e a u l i e u fi e l d o n T u e s da y
September 2nd.
The service will take place at
1.15pm on Friday October 24th at
Southampton Crematorium, East
Chapel, Bassett Green Road, SO16
3NF.
Her family told the ‘A&T’ anyone
who wishes to pay their respects is
welcome to attend and can wear
bright clothing. They have requested
family flowers only, but donations
can be made to a fund set up in her
name to help support and educate
her two youngest children, or The
Honeypot Children’s Charity.
Pennie’s body was found by her
husband Pete in a paddock opposite
Leygreen Farm off Lyndhurst Road.
She was pronounced dead at the
scene, and a post-mortem examination later found she had suffered
multiple stab wounds.
Justin Robertson (36), of no fixed
abode, has been charged with
Pennie’s murder and is currently
remanded in custody.
Leanne Doyle (24), of Beech Crescent, is accused of assisting an
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93-YEAR-OLD Barton widower
Aheartfelt
has hit the headlines with a
poem he penned in memory of his late wife.
Bob Lowe (pictured) read out his
‘Ode to Kath’ on BBC Radio 4 and
BBC Radio 5 Live on Monday to raise
awareness of a loneliness charity.
The piece is a tribute to his wife of 65
years, who died of Alzheimer’s three
years ago.
After the poem elicited a strong
emotional response from listeners
on social networking sites, several
national newspapers followed up on
the story, as did news outlets as far
afield as America and Australia. On
Wednesday morning Bob appeared
on breakfast television and other
television programmes.
One Twitter user, @welshflier,
wrote after hearing the reading: “Bob
Lowe’s matter-of-factness about
old-age loneliness makes it more
h e a r t br e a k i n g . N o w c o o k i n g
breakfast while crying.”
Another, Miles Evans, said: “Don’t
often well up but Bob Lowe just
made me. What a legend. Heartbreaking and spirit soaring at the
same time.”
Bob appeared on the radio as a
community champion for The Silver
Line charity — a free, confidential
helpline which provides friendship to
older people 24 hours a day.
He got involved with the charity
after writing to its founder, Esther
Rantzen, three years ago, and sent
her the poem. Now a volunteer for
the charity, during his appearance
Bob made an appeal for others to
join the helpline.
His plea came after a recent study
by the Independent Age charity and
the International Longevity Centre
revealed the number of older men
living on their own is expected to
increase by 65% in the next 16 years.
Asked about being in the national
spotlight, Bob said: “It really is
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Multi-millionaire pleads with NPA
for 'Grand Designs' home consent
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE New
Ato Forest
businessman is appealing
national park planners to treat
Murdered Pennie
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appeal has not resulted in a significantly different design and certainly
not one which would meet the
required standards.”
The NPA rejected the previous
scheme for a five-bedroom retreat
with large open-plan living quarters
because it would be an “alien presence
in the wider landscape”.
In the latest revision, the master
bedroom has been relocated to the
Redesign: a computer generated image
of the house Jim Ratcliffe wants to build
top floor and a lookout has been
removed, as has the south east wing
which has been replaced with a
free-standing pavilion housing guest
accommodation.
Automated electro-magnetic glass
would be used on all large pane glazing, and all windows on the second
floor and the pavilion. Automated
blackout roller blinds would be used
on all other windows.
No external lighting is proposed
and the seaward facing chimneys
have been lowered to make them less
prominent.
But NPA officers say the design
represents an increase in habitable
floor space on the existing dwelling
of 195%. “The applicant is well aware
that what is being proposed would
not fall within policy but has put
forward a case that the dwelling
should be treated as an exception,”
they said.
The bid has received 16 letters of
support and 13 of objection. The New
Forest Association and Beaulieu
Parish Council are amongst those
against.
The NFA stated: “The best that
can be said of the proposal is that it is
better than the very ordinary design
of the original application. But it
remains miles away from achieving
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A woman whose cat died after
being shot by a pellet gun has set up
a fundraising website to help pay a
£900 vets’ bill. Eighteen-month-old
Smudge was targeted while in
owner Skye Hackett’s garden. Skye
said: “She suffered a severe amount
of pain and no animal should go
through that.” Page 10
LYNDHURST
Plans to create up to 20 specialist
dementia flats on the site of a care
home which was saved from closure
last year have been revealed. A
staunch supporter of Cranleigh
Paddock since its future was
threatened,
parish
councillor
Caroline Wilkins praised the new
proposals as “very exciting” and
“very forward-thinking”. Page 11
PENNINGTON
Pumpkin growers Ian and Stuart
Paton have reclaimed their UK
record for the largest squash with a
whopping
1,884lb
specimen.
Cultivated at the twins’ Pinetops
Nurseries, it beat the previous title
holder by more than 300lbs during
a weigh-in at the Jubilee Sailing
Trust’s Autumn Pumpkin Festival
in Netley. Page 15
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Service: Pennie Davis
Warning after two
foals poisoned by
dumped clippings
verderers have urged people
TtheHE
not to dump garden cuttings in
Forest after two foals had to be
destroyed by agisters when they
were poisoned by eating discarded
laurel clippings.
At Wednesday’s meeting of the
court in Lyndhurst, the Official
Verderer Dominic May said the
clippings were dumped in Chapel
Lane, Blackfield, on September 20th,
and the village’s car park seven days
later.
Laurel clippings had also been
dumped at Wittensford near Brook,
but fortunately they were spotted by
the local agister before the ponies
could eat them.
“Please do not dump any garden
cuttings on the Forest because they
are extremely dangerous to the
grazing animals,” said Mr May.
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with protected trees chopped down.
M e mbe r s o f t h e a u t h o r i t y ’ s
planning committee met to finalise
their response to the 67-square-mile
scheme which is currently being
examined by the government’s
Planning Inspectorate.
They debated a report drawn up by
council officers into the potential
impact of the scheme, which recommended not submitting a formal
objection as most disruption would
be during the construction period
and could be mitigated.
Developers Eneco Wind UK Ltd
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Councillors voiced fears about the
stripping of trees and hedgerows;
dangers for the sailing community;
loss of tourism and an extra 150
HGVs travelling through Lyndhurst
every day during the construction
period.
However, council planning officers
claimed the amount of lorries was
“negligible” and said they had been
working with the developers to
minimise disruption.
They also told councillors the
developers would have the right to
cut down trees which have tree
protection orders, and take out
compulsory purchase orders to force
landowners, such as the district
council, to sell.
Although some areas of woodland
would be protected through underground tunnelling, officers said units
would have to be built either side to
enable the drilling.
The meeting also heard the
turbines would only last 25 years,
and underground cables would not
be removed as part of the decommissioning process.
Coun. Steve Clarke, who represents New Milton, told officers he
was “disappointed” with their report.
He said the impact of the 40m-wide
cable route was difficult to imagine,
and warned the majority of trees and
hedgerows in its way would be removed.
“This is going to make the area
look significantly different, not just
for this generation but for every
generation that comes,” Coun.
Clarke said. “It will leave a permanent scar around [New Milton] —
the parish more or less takes the
brunt of it.
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the view from our coastline. You will
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those aren’t the turbines but four
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Claydon, Stuart Cowperthwaite and
Peter Braithwaite, will also visit a
number of locations.
To view the full examination
timetable and planning application
documents, go to infrastructure.
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100 jobs [which will be created]
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skilled people earning more than
the average pay — it would provide
careers for many of our young
people. We need this wind farm to go
ahead and bring significant local
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'Ode to Kath' by
Bob Lowe
I am alone, now I know it’s
true
There was a time when we
were two
Those were the days when
we would chat
Doing little jobs of this and
that
We’d go to the shops and
select our meals
But now I’m one I know how
it feels
To try and cook or have
meals on wheels
T h e r o o m s a r e e m pty
there’s not a sound
Sometimes I’m lost and
wander round
To look for jobs that I can
do
To bring back the days
when we were two
When darkness falls and
curtains drawn
That’s when I feel most
forlorn
But I must be honest and
tell the truth
I’m not quite alone and
here’s the proof
Because beside me in her
chair
She quietly waits our time
to share
Kath said to me some time
ago
D a r l i n g wh e n th e t i m e
comes for us to go
Let’s mix our ashes and be
together
So we can snuggle up for
ever and ever.
Denial: Robert Cerqua
Dead: Christopher Cerqua
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months leading up to the incident.
Their mother, Denise, had taken
Christopher to see his GP and he had
been prescribed anti-depressants.
“Over the Christmas break he said
he was going to see his dealer. I went
with him and on the way back, I said,
‘Do you fancy going to the pub?’
“We went to the Heath in Dibden
Purlieu and I said, ‘What’s wrong
with you lately?’
“He said, ‘I’m getting depressed
and suicidal. Say sorry to mum but I
cannot speak to women at the moment’, which I thought was strange.”
The court also heard from Ms
Harfield, a mother-of-four, who was
Christopher’s partner. She said they
split up months before he died
because he had struck her.
She said Christopher could become violent after drinking, and in
the months leading up to the fatal
stabbing she thought Christopher’s
personality had “changed” and she
caught him self-harming.
The jury heard that hours after
Robert fled the house following the
fatal stabbing he was found by police
at a friend’s house in Totton and was
heavily drunk. He only knew his
brother was dead when he was told
in a police cell hours later.
The jury of nine men and three
women have retired to consider their
verdict after sitting through seven
days of evidence. At the time of the
‘A&T’ going to press it had not come
to a decision.
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Upward if he had any intention of
stabbing his brother deliberately,
the defendant replied: “None at all. It
was to stop him from attacking me. I
was just scared.”
When probed about his feelings towards his brother, Robert replied: “I
loved him.” He then had to compose
himself and dry his eyes, before adding: “Sorry.”
He was challenged about his
account by Mr Haggan, but insisted
the
stabbing
had
be e n
unintentional.
Robert said he had served time in
pr i s o n fo r v i o l e n c e a n d t h a t
Christopher had been given three
police cautions for incidents.
The court was shown a box of
weaponry, which included a haul of
sharp and long knives, which
Christopher kept in the house.
Robert said he and Christopher
were “inseparable” as teenagers, going fishing and playing golf together:
“Pretty much any hobby that I had
was his too. We were so similar.”
But Christopher was apt to fly into
rages and become violent, before
later regretting his actions, and getting very emotional once he had
calmed down, he said. Robert admitted he could be similar but was more
“chilled out” than Christopher.
Robert said Christopher had once
stabbed him in the leg when they
were teenagers and hit him over the
head with an ashtray, only stopping
when he was prevented by his
partner Lisa Harfield.
In the weeks before his brother’s
death, Robert said Christopher had
bitten him three times, once on the
neck. “It looked like a love bite. It
hurt. He just laughed.”
Robert did admit just a few weeks
before Christopher died the siblings
had confronted each other in the
kitchen and he had threatened his
brother with a knife, but he said that
was in self-defence and he had no
intention of using the blade.
He said Christopher deliberately
ran his finger along the blade to
“scare” him. The court heard the injury Christopher sustained required
him to go to Lymington Hospital and
later a plastic surgeon.
The defendant said he believed
Christopher was “suicidal” and addicted to skunk cannabis in the
Injured crash
driver cut free
A MOTORIST had to be cut out of
his car following a collision at
Walkford on Thursday morning.
All three emergency services were
alerted to the smash involving a
Renault Clio outside The Walkford
Hotel on Walkford Road around
8.45am, and police closed the road in
both directions.
Two fire crews from New Milton
and Christchurch removed the vehicle’s roof to free the victim, a
30-year-old man from Bournemouth.
He was taken by ambulance to Poole
General Hospital with neck, chest
and back injuries, which were not
thought to have been life-threatening.
turbines themselves.
“This is an unacceptable project.
We appreciate green opportunities
but is this really the place to put it —
on a heritage coastline?”
C o u n . A l a n R i c e , wh o a l s o
represents New Milton, said he
would do everything in his power to
protect trees, and added: “It will be
devastating.”
Planning officers said areas such
as Bournemouth, Poole and the Isle
of Wight would feel the greatest
impact on tourism, and they were
relying on those authorities to put
the argument across.
They said the New Forest would
mostly be affected by the construction of the cable route, and they were
working with the Navitus Bay
developers to ensure disruption was
minimised.
The committee decided to follow
officers’ advice and not object to the
proposals, but reserved the right to
raise their concerns at upcoming
consultation hearings.
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the criteria set out by the inspector
at the last rejected appeal.”
The parish council said: “It is still
not felt to be of the highest standards
of architecture and does not significantly enhance its immediate setting
due to it being so prominently
positioned.”
Mr Ratcliffe said he had hoped to
bui l d a wo r l d c l a s s ‘ G r a n d
Designs’-type home, but there were
“misunderstandings about the
project that appear to be pervading
the local community”.
He added: “It is my belief that this
new home will have a genuinely
positive impact on the area. It’s rare
that the opportunity comes along to
build something that will be world
class and stand the test of time. I
hope that I am allowed to seize this
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“The house will sit on an extremely
isolated 400m-long private beach
which will only be visible to the
public from the sea. It will sit on what
is more or less the same footprint as
the original building that occupied
the site [the ‘Bung’] and is not
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“The ‘Bung’ was demolished some
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substantial improvement on what is
already there.
“One of the things that excites me
about the new proposal is that it is
truly innovative. For example, it has
an extraordinary 73-point jacking
system that can lift it out of the
water if the sea level rises in the
future.”
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