2:11pm Tuesday 6th October 2009
By Lawrence Dunhill
A WIND turbine at a school in Flackwell Heath has been repaired after part of it fell off into the school playground.
A panel - about the size of a dustbin cover - fell off the back of the turbine at Carrington Junior School and the whole structure had to be taken down and repaired over the summer.
Bucks County Council says it happened on Sunday, July 26, so no children were in the playground at the time.
The 15-metre-high turbine was installed in 2005 at a cost of about £24,000.
Photographs and an anonymous letter were recieved by the Bucks Free Press saying: "If this can happen, the turbine is a danger and should not be installed anywhere near our children."
But Bucks County Council has assured parents the turbine is now in full working order and is not dangerous.
Spokesman Lucy Stratton said: "Health and safety went up there two weeks ago and checked that it was safe.
"It was looked at very closely and at the moment it looks quite promising."
School headteacher Jo Plaskitt was unavailable for comment.
Controversial plans for another £25,000 wind turbine at Highworth Combined School in Totteridge are currently being considered by Wycombe District Council.
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