The council then withdrew the application because the Greater London Authority had concerns over the proposed height of two of the residential blocks.

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Up to 200 Save Our Silton campaigners met at Whistley Farm, Milton on Stour in Gillingham and marched up to the blimp, flying at Turbine height near to the proposed site.

BBC: Villagers' wind turbine protest

One place where aesthetes and sceptics seem to have prevailed is the Greek island of Serifos, where plans were announced in 2007 to build 87 turbines of similar height to the ones proposed for Massachusetts.

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Israel rejected the plan when Saudi Arabia first proposed it in 2002, at the height of the Palestinian uprising.

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In Cologne, critics deplore the proposed mosque's visibility, and the height of its minarets.

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