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    On Sat 28 Jan at: 12:37 Dave wrote:
    Whats going on with the windmill in Kingston?
    Is it ever going to get sails?

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    On Sat 28 Jan at: 14:12 IMEYOU wrote:
    No

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    On Sat 28 Jan at: 16:08 observer wrote:
    Ok! Flour.

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    On Sat 28 Jan at: 17:33 DFL wrote:
    Rumour has it they ran out of money....

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    On Sat 28 Jan at: 19:00 the old mayor wrote:
    Thats taken the wind out of their sails !!

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    On Sat 28 Jan at: 19:34 Peasant wrote:
    Sails have planning permission, but are expensive. And tend to blow off in high winds.
    When you get planning permission, you can implement as much, or as little, of it as you wish. Or you can implement it in phases, and never get round to the last phase.
    Unless there are specific conditions imposed (e.g. to build a new house in the countryside, generally close to impossible in Lewes, you must make it look like a windmill and must include sails), there is nothing the planners can do.
    The planning application and permission, with conditions, can be found on the Lewes DC website.

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    On Sat 28 Jan at: 20:58 Ed Can Do wrote:
    I thought windmills were eyesores?

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    On Sat 28 Jan at: 23:32 IMEYOU wrote:
    From what I can gather, there was a windmill there at one point in the olden days, so the owners/buyers of the land sought to rebuild it and forget to put the sails on and then turn it into a home.
    I stand to be corrected !

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    On Sun 29 Jan at: 07:40 Observer wrote:
    Is that a skinny little windmill at ringer or a wind turbine.

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    On Sun 29 Jan at: 07:41 Observer wrote:
    There is also one at Ringmer Ha Ha. Whoops!

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    On Sun 29 Jan at: 16:30 Peasant wrote:
    I think you will find they got permission to build a windmill (with six sails, as the original one there had) and turn it into a home.
    There is a special planning rule allowing building of landmark buildings in the countryside. Windmills with six sails are rare, so fairly count as a landmark.
    Turdbines unfortunately are getting rather common. They are very profitable for the owners, thanks to the enormous subsidy we all have to pay them via our electricity bills. I'm sure Mr Christie will thank you all personally for your contribution to his bank balances when he has a moment.

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    On Wed 1 Feb at: 19:26 Earl of Lewes wrote:
    I've always been a big fan of wind turbines, but when you actually see one in the flesh (or metal), you realise how ugly they are. The one at Glynde is an eyesore, almost as ugly as the pylons.
    If wind turbines met our energy needs then I might regard them as a sacrifice worth making, but the sad fact is that they are a drop in the ocean and it would be more cost-effective to reduce energy consumption.
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