A PROPOSAL to erect a wind turbine to power a dairy farm has gained local support.

Plans have been drawn up to erect a turbine to help supply electricity for the farm on the North York Moors.

If the green scheme is given the go-ahead, it will help power Scaling Farm, near Whitby.

The farm uses 12 times as much electricity as a normal house, and it is hoped the turbine could produce half its usage.

No objections have been raised by locals to the turbine, which would be erected on the farm's land.

Several locals have actively supported the scheme as a good way to help generate clean electricity.

Natural screening would mask the turbine almost completely from view.

National park planners are minded to approve the scheme with several conditions.

It is only planned to give approval for ten years before a review is carried out.

In the past, hydro and solar power have been ruled out as unsuitable for providing power for the farm.

The national park's planning committee will discuss the plan later this week and is asked to approve it.