Big boost for anti-pylon campaigners

Campaigners fighting proposals that could see wind turbines and pylons built in Mid Wales and Shropshire were today celebrating a major boost. Campaigners fighting proposals that could see wind turbines and pylons built in Mid Wales and Shropshire were today celebrating a major boost. Thousands of protestors flocked to a meeting of Powys County Council in Welshpool yesterday, as councillors voted massively in favour of calling for an "urgent" review of the Welsh Assembly's wind energy policy, known as TAN 8. More than 2,000 banner-waving people gathered outside the town's livestock market and watched on a big screen as councillors called for the review. Members also agreed to request a halt on all windfarm applications until the review can be completed. The motion was in response to plans by the National Grid and Scottish Power which would see a substation built in either Cefn Coch, near Llanfair Caereinion or Abermule, near Newtown. It could also see pylons or underground power lines installed across Shropshire and Powys to carry electricity to the grid. Sixty of the 73 county councillors voted in favour of the motion. Twelve were absent.