East Yorkshire Villagers Win Battle to Stop 492ft Wind Turbines Looming over Hockney Landscape

Hockney Country wind turbine plans rejected in Yorkshire Wolds

East Riding of Yorkshire Council has turned down the plans for turbines near Burton Agnes.

East Yorkshire villagers win battle to stop 492ft wind turbines looming over Hockney landscape

Campaigners have won their battle to stop six giant wind turbines towering over a countryside beauty spot immortalised by David Hockney.

'He will be smiling down': Delight as windfarm near David Hockney's famous Woldgate is refused

Campaigners have hailed a decision to refuse a wind farm near an ancient road which featured in a famous series of paintings by David Hockney.

Villagers block wind farm from ‘ruining’ Hockney landscape

Residents relieved as plan for six wind turbines in Yorkshire Wolds is rejected by council Campaigners have won their battle to stop six wind turbines towering over a countryside beauty spot that David Hockney immortalised. The 492ft structures were planned for the Yorkshire Wolds, the rolling chalk hills that inspired some of the late artist’s most celebrated paintings. But officials have thrown out the scheme, saying it would have a negative e…