Jason McCartney
Main Page: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)Planning Control
Jason McCartney Excerpts(13 years, 10 months ago)
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Andrea Leadsom
My hon. Friend’s contribution mirrors my own questions for the Minister.
Wind farms are, of course, an essential part of our strategy to achieve energy security. I entirely accept that, as do many of my colleagues here today.
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley) (Con)
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this excellent debate, which is very timely, ahead of the Second Reading of the Localism Bill next week. I also thank the Minister for coming along.
My hon. Friend has already hit on the housing targets. Kirklees council in my patch is looking to impose 28,000 homes on an area that just does not have the infrastructure, so the debate is very timely indeed.
We are now talking about wind farms—we spoke about them earlier today. There really is a vacuum in planning strategy for wind farms. People in my community, in Birds Edge, Holmfirth and Scapegoat Hill, are opposing wind farms that are totally unsuitable, and unscrupulous people who do not fit into the local community are coming in just to make money. I am really looking forward to the inclusion of this matter in the Localism Bill.
Andrea Leadsom
The Minister will see that many colleagues are very concerned about the issue, and I am sure that he intends to address it.