SOUTH East Cornwall's MP has set up a petition calling for decisions over wind turbines to be kept local.

Local MP Sheryll Murray is very concerned about the amount of wind turbines popping up all over Cornwall and is particularly worried by those which are having substantial visual impact to the area.

She said: 'I have been approached by many, many residents through my local surgeries, by letter and by email raising concerns about these massive turbines.

'I have spoken to my councillors and they have told me how they have refused these, when they are inappropriate, only to find them [their decisions] overturned upon appeal.

'I believe that the local people we elect to represent us should be the ones making these decisions, not some far off bureaucrat.

'That is why I am petitioning the Government to try to make this happen.'

The petition reads as follows: 'To the House of Commons. The petition of the people of Britain declare that they want to see local decisions upheld over wind turbines. The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons bring in changes to stop planning appeals over-ruling local decisions made by local councillors in the relevant planning authorities and ensures the Government's localism agenda is pursued in all cases.'

The petition can be signed online at http://windpetition.com/">http://windpetition.com/