Sir – As a member of the Friends of Cutteslowe Park I recently attended a Partnerships for Renewables (PFR) presentation on the proposed wind turbine.

Their documentation states “PFR only develops wind turbines in appropriate locations. PFR work hard to ensure that projects are responsibly developed and well designed”. I struggle to reconcile this statement with the proposed site which is a wildlife area where the Friends have ongoing tree planting projects.

Any organisation which is serious about projects which are “designed sympathetically to the local environment and wildlife” would not suggest that a 130m high wind turbine, set in a concrete base (22m x 22m x 2m) be built in a wildlife area.

Anyone who has driven east on the A40 under the pedestrian bridge will know that the site is also in a dip and is one of the lowest lying pieces of land in this area.

Cutteslowe Park has been chosen for this project not because it is a suitable site but because it is council-owned land.

Naturally, money features quietly in the background of this project. The council would receive rent for the land and PFR offer an annual payment to local community groups (what is the purpose of this other than to buy off possible objectors?).

This is to be expected of a company which seeks to undertake their project, not for altruistic environmental objectives, but in order to maximise profit for its shareholders — mainly HSBC, which owns 49 per cent of PFR. I do hope that PFR quickly realises that Cutteslowe Park is not the place for a wind turbine and puts a stop to this project as soon as possible.

Suzanne McIvor, Oxford