Wind turbines reaching more than 100 metres may end up gracing the Island's skyline.

Peel Wind Power has officially submitted its planning application for a four-turbine wind farm at the Port of Sheerness.

Much controversy has surrounded the proposed scheme – for which four 125m turbines would be built on a strip of land along the edge of the docks on the Lappel Bank.

Islanders had the chance to meet Peel Wind Power representatives at an exhibition in Sheerness earlier this year, when they were able to ask any questions they had about wind energy and what the turbines would mean for the Island.

Queenborough Town Council has openly expressed its concern about the £14 million scheme. A

A statement from Peel Wind Power said: “Plans to build a small wind farm in Sheerness have been formally submitted to Swale Borough Council.

Swale Borough Council is expected to consider the planning application in the autumn.

A Queenborough Town Council spokesman said: “While Queenborough’s councillors accept, in principle, the need for alternative sources of energy, they have been concerned at this proposal from the outset, believing that the intended location of the turbines is too close to some residential areas of Queenborough and, also, Queensway in Sheerness."

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