£10k raised in fight to stop White Cross cable project

OPPONENTS of an onshore cable route for a floating windfarm off North Devon are preparing for a key planning meeting next week after raising £10,000 to mount a legal challenge.

- by ALISON STEPHENSON

Community forum Love Braunton and campaign group Save Our Sands began the CrowdJustice appeal because of concerns over the route through a number of highly designated landscapes and the impact on the environment.

The 158 donations included one of £2,500 and two of £1,000 made anonymously. The groups say they are "astounded" by the support.

Cables for the 100 megawatt White Cross windfarm, 31 miles off the coast, are proposed to make landfall at the northern end of popular surfing beach Saunton Sands then run under a golf course and Taw Estuary connecting to the national grid at East Yelland.