I OBJECT to the proposal on the following grounds: 1. Residents, especially those along the coast, will potentially be subject to noise from the turbines, adding to the normal sound of wind; the prevailing wind is basically from the direction of Old Harry Rocks to Southbourne.

2. I find no acceptable reason why a majority of coastal residents would agree to the existing peace and quiet being destroyed for many years to come.

3. The negative material follow-up to turbines could mean a reduction in property values.

4. The total dependence of turbines on wind is a fundamental flaw: no wind – no power: wind – power and noise. No matter that the ‘noise’ may be like humming, it would increase the established sound level to a level at which tranquillity is destroyed.

Compare the noise of the M4, for example, to the New Forest, an extreme example perhaps, but it emphasises the principle.

5. Turbine maintenance: each turbine stands alone. Scores of them, all at sea, exposed to salt and corrosion.

6. Shipping, boating, helicopters on rescue are surely in danger?

7. All the red lights atop the turbine masts: do Bournemouth and other coastal areas want the night sky to look like a zone of danger?

8. The financial cost to consumers and taxpayers and the negativity, should throw the question of a wind farm into the dustbin of history.

ANTHONY FYFFE, Southbourne Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth