Sir,

The controversial Wear Point wind farm proposal between Milford and Llanstadwell is far too big for the Haven, too intrusive for the many homes which overlook this part of the waterway, will be a navigational nightmare for waterborne craft, and will spoil the enjoyment of those sailing and boating in the area.

Wales has a plan endorsed by the Welsh Assembly Government to locate enough turbines to meet its renewable energy targets by 2020 in more remote areas where their effects will have lesser impact on local communities. This is not part of that plan, and therefore it cannot be argued as essential to the national interest, especially as it is currently being cleared of the former Gulf Oil Refineries stacks, to make it more visually acceptable.

The four turbines proposed are truly massive. The tips of the blades at 105 metres will be significantly higher than the neighbouring chimneys currently being demolished. The rotor blades will have a diameter of 70 metres - equivalent to the length of 10 terraced houses. Together, they will stretch over a kilometre of the waterway. By comparison, Pembroke Castle's Great Keep is a mere 24.4 metres high with a diameter of 16.1 metres.

The application has been very actively and expressively prepared and promoted - perhaps in itself an indication of how harmful they are likely to be to the Pembrokeshire landscape.

It follows on the installation of two much smaller turbines nearby and is all part of an effort to convince us:

• That they will not have a major impact - which they will;

• That these particular turbines are essential to our national targets for renewable energy - which they are not;

• That they will not impact on the communities in Milford Haven, Llanstadwell, Neyland, Pembroke Dock, Pennar and Llanreath - which they will;

• That they will not have an impact on the safety of all sizes of boats and vessels, especially the huge LNG carriers docking nearby at Dragon LNG - which they will.

So, 'yes' to wind farms, but 'no' to these monsters in the middle of our waterway.

The planning application has now been submitted to Pembrokeshire County Council and it is important that everyone realises their size and impact and let the planning committee know of their views - this is clearly a case of the right thing in the wrong place.

Gareth. J. Scourfield,

For and on behalf of

Pembroke Design Limited,

Meyrick Street,

Pembroke Dock.