Video: New wind farm awaits planning permission on the South West coast The environmental impact clearly is going to be catastrophic, you know. We are here, they call this an offshore wind farm. It's not offshore, it's inshore," he says. In the coastal town of Brightlingsea, an entire business has been built because of the Essex wind farm. Andy White is chairman of CWind and CTruck. "We started the two companies - CWind and CTruck - to go out and help build offshore wind farms for the major utility companies," he says. So, three years ago we had zero people working for us and now three years on we have about 150 people working in the two companies. A decision on whether to build the wind farm is expected by 12 July, if cleared, a limited period of time will be granted for opponents to put forward their case.