A NEW group has been formed to oppose the building of a proposed wind turbine by entrepreneur Ronald Kear on land at Poolway Farm, Coleford.

Speaking for Dean Forest Crosswinds Group, Mike Thomas said: "People here are definitely in favour of alternative energy in its many forms. We will support even these huge machines provided they are sited sensitively, but this proposed turbine is only 400 metres from people's living rooms – and that's appalling.

"These are not empty, windswept hills. This is a small landscape of trees, hedges, fields and houses. One of these giant turbines is five times higher than anything else here and it would dwarf and overshadow everything. We just can't let that happen."