Onshore Wind (Planning Policy) Debate

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Guy Opperman

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Onshore Wind (Planning Policy)

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Business of the House
Thursday 6th June 2013

(11 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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I know that my hon. Friend is a fantastic campaigner for local people in his glorious part of Yorkshire. I think he is absolutely right and he can now say to his constituents that this is a Government who are on their side.

Guy Opperman Portrait Guy Opperman (Hexham) (Con)
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This is wonderful news and the result of a long campaign. I welcome the announcement, because in Northumberland we have sporadic applications and sporadic wind farms that have no impact other than destroying the landscape in a very bad way. Cumulative impact is a massive issue, but how will it go into a local development plan when a local authority has not completed a local development plan thus far?

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