There are many benefits that come with developing a windfarm, including generating clean, safe energy; reducing CO2 emissions; and helping secure our country's energy supply for the future. If the windfarm is developed, we will set up a community benefit fund. The windfarm would also provide employment opportunities in the local area and the renewable energy industry in general, which has been estimated to provide up to 35,000 jobs by 2020 (DTI, 2004). The West Midlands regional Wind Energy Resource Assesment (Nov 2004) identified a resource of 65MW to 150MW of wind energy capacity to be captured in the region. Currently, none of this capacity has been constructed. The Reeves Hill windfarm would make a substantial contribution to this target.