Jane and Julian Davis, the couple whose lives have been blighted by turbines erected just 930 metres from their home, have won a landmark case. At a recent Lincolnshire Valuation Tribunal hearing, the tribunal upheld their appeal to have their council tax band level reduced. The Davises' three-bedroom house, valued at £170,000 before the turbines arrived, is now essentially worthless because no one will grant a mortgage on a house blighted by noise pollution.

"It was apparent from the evidence submitted that the construction of the wind farm 930 metres away from the appeal dwellings had had a significant detrimental effect on the Appellant's quiet enjoyment of their properties. The tribunal therefore found that the nuisance caused by the windfarm was real and not imagined and it would have some effect upon the potential sale price of the appeal dwellings"

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