Wind Power: Planning

(asked on 31st October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it remains the Government's policy to bring onshore wind planning policy in line with other infrastructure to allow it to be more easily deployed in England as set out in the Growth Plan 2022.


Answered by
Graham Stuart Portrait
Graham Stuart
This question was answered on 7th November 2022

The Government seeks to respond to communities with concerns about the impact of wind turbines in England while also delivering cheaper, cleaner, more secure power including onshore wind. The Government will consider all options for increasing deployment in ways that local communities will support.

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