A group of Newport neighbours are celebrating news that their wind turbine has been given the go-ahead, but have blasted the National Park's original decision.

Plans for the nine meter high wind turbine, which will supply electricity to three households near Newport, were rejected by the National Park a year ago.

An Assembly planning inspector has now overturned the refusal and granted permission, following an appeal.

Applicants Justine Rees and John Spikes and the other householders were delighted with the news.

The turbine will meet their needs with 6 kW of electricity, using the power of the west Wales wind.

The inspector said that the scale of the turbine would be comparable to other man-made artifacts in the area, such as telegraph poles, and that visual impact would be limited.

John Spikes said he was pleased that pleased that the inspector had allowed common sense to prevail'.

He added: "Since we applied for planning permission more than a year ago, the cost of the turbine has gone up by £1000 and the grant fallen by more than half.

"The Park's case for refusal was amateur from the start, being based on one officer's delegated decision.

"Such a cavalier attitude to alternative ways of living costs us all too much in time, money and good will.' Vicky Moller, a possible beneficiary of the wind turbine, said: "Something will have to be done to bring the Park officers into the present."

"Climate change is threatening all our children and they are stuck in the mindset of saying No' to people trying to do something about it.

"They need to catch up with public opinion."