Nigel Frampton, N.O.B., of Great Snarling has lodged a forty-page objection to a single wind turbine proposed eleven miles from his bungalow, on the grounds that it will be visible from the top of his ladder.
The turbine cannot be seen from Mr Frampton's house, garden, road, village or, according to the developer's visual impact assessment, "any part of the parish at ground level". Mr Frampton does not dispute this. "I'm not at ground level," he told the parish meeting. "I'm on the ladder."
I go up there most days. Gutters, mainly, but also just to look. And now when I look, there'll be that. Spinning. It's a genuine loss of amenity and I've had it valued.Nigel Frampton, N.O.B.
His objection includes photographs taken from the ladder at various times of day, a diagram of the ladder, and a section on bats, which he says he has heard "in the general direction".
The association's Traffic and Highways spokesman, Derek Turnstile, has supported the objection, noting that the ladder is itself "at capacity" and that any increase in Mr Frampton's climbing would have implications for the driveway.
Asked whether he had considered simply not going up the ladder, Mr Frampton said this was "exactly the kind of thing they want".
He has also lodged a separate objection to the ladder.