A COMPANY proposing to build a wind farm at Den Brook in North Tawton last week welcomed an adjudication by the Advertising Standards Authority that public information it circulated about the scheme was not misleading. Five complaints were lodged with the ASA by an opponent to the wind farm, that the company, Renewable Energy Systems, had exaggerated the project?s environmental benefits. The five complaints centred on the amount of electricity the wind farm would produce and the amount of CO2 emissions it would save. After a detailed investigation, which included the advice of an independent energy expert, the ASA ruled that none of the complaints should be upheld. On the company?s claim that there was currently no evidence in the UK showing that wind farms impact house prices, the ASA accepted the claim was correct at the time of publication. The circular was written and printed a month before the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors produced the results of a survey suggesting that wind farm developments did reduce property values. The agency told RES not to use this claim in future. The company said the circular was withdrawn in November 2004 and they had no plans to use it again. Andy Paine, director of RES UK, said: ?We are very satisfied with the ASA?s decision. ?We are pleased that the Advertising Standards Authority, after a lengthy investigation, has vindicated our position and shown that the information we have given out about the project all along has been honest and true.? Jenny Rosser, vice-chairman of the Den Brook Valley Action Group, which is opposing the proposed wind farm development, said: ?We are disappointed in the result and we understand the Renewable Energy Foundation are challenging the findings. ?From our point of view, at least, they have withdrawn their comments about house prices not going down, in light of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors? report.? The planning application for the Den Brook wind farm, which could include as many as 19 turbines, is currently being prepared and is likely to be submitted to West Devon Borough Council before the autumn.