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# MP backs bid to stop wind turbine being built close to historic site near Lichfield
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/mp-backs-bid-to-stop-wind-turbine-being-built-close-to-historic-site-near-lichfield/
- Published: 2012-11-01T10:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2012-11-01T08:53:43.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 21:41, News

An MP has backed campaigners fighting to stop a wind turbine being built close to an historic site near Lichfield.

The plans would see the turbine built near the Letoceum Roman site in Wall.

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Christopher Pincher

But Christopher Pincher MP – whose Tamworth constituency covers the area – believes financial as well as heritage reasons mean the proposals should not go ahead.

“I support renewable, clean energy,” he explained. “However, I do have concerns about the economic viability of many on-shore wind turbines, including the proposal for Wall.

“The turbines are subsidised with money from the pockets of the hard-working families whose homes will be blighted by this massive windmill.

“Wall is a beautiful part of the world and it should not be spoilt by a turbine when it is not clear that on-shore wind power built by foreign companies provides any significant economic benefit to Britain nor when carbon-emitting gas-fired power stations have to sit in reserve to switch on when the wind does not blow.”

Mr Pincher was one of 105 MPs who recently wrote to the Prime Minister calling for a dramatic cut to the subsidy handed out to on-shore wind farm projects.