Durham-based Banks Developments first unveiled proposals for the scheme at Hook Moor, near Micklefield, last July.

* Click here for more stories on the Hook Moor Wind Farm issue.

And despite a storm of protest from local residents, the company is now in the process of submitting an application for planning permission to Leeds City Council.

Documents seen by the YEP confirm the wind farm would comprise five propeller-style turbines, each reaching a height of 125 metres (410 feet).

The documents also address some of the concerns raised by residents in and around Micklefield, who say the turbines would be too close to their homes.

According to the application:

* the scheme would not have a significant effect on the local landscape;
* noise levels would be within government-specified limits;
* the wind farm would have a minimal impact on wildlife;
* traffic levels generated by the site would be "negligible".

Several mocked-up photos of how the wind farm would look from surrounding areas are also being submitted to the council by Banks.

The company says the scheme would generate enough energy for more than 8,000 homes without producing greenhouses gases.
Banks is currently waiting to hear if it has succeeded in its appeal against the council's rejection of its plans for a temporary 60-metre 'monitoring mast' at Hook Moor.


Data from the mast would be used to fine-tune its proposals for the wind farm proper.

A spokesman for Leeds City Council said it was awaiting Banks's formal application for the main scheme.

* The Hook Moor Wind Farm Action Group, which has spearheaded opposition to Banks's proposals, is holding a meeting at 7.30pm tonight at the Old Fire Station on Micklefield's Great North Road.

The event will feature a presentation by a Lincolnshire woman about the problems which have been caused by a wind farm near her home.