UKIP members supporting residents in Swanage on 13th January 2013, in a peaceful protest against the proposal for the Navitus coastal wind park.
Local residents organised the protest to give many people a voice on the issue.
As a result of opposition from the public and various groups – including UKIP, Challenge Navitus, Say NO to Navitus, Poole and Christchurch Bay Association, National Trust, Bournemouth Borough Council, plus the support of local MPs Burns, Ellwood and Drax – the Navitus Bay scheme was finally quashed in October 2015, by the Secretary of State for Environment refusing planning permission.