Wind Power: Planning Permission

(asked on 14th April 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with (a) onshore wind providers and (b) local authorities on footnote 54 of the National Planning Policy Framework regarding the presumption against wind energy development applications.


Answered by
Stuart Andrew Portrait
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 26th April 2022

We have no immediate plans to discuss footnote 54 in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) with onshore wind developers or with local authorities. We understand the strength of feeling that some people have about the impact of wind turbines. Whilst we have not introduced wholesale changes to planning policy for on-shore wind in England, we have committed to developing local partnerships for a limited number of supportive communities who wish to host new on-shore wind infrastructure, in return for a range of benefits including lower energy bills. We will launch a consultation later this year on developing these partnerships.

Regarding applications for wind energy development, the NPPF is clear that local planning authorities should approve applications if their impacts are or can be made acceptable. A proposed wind energy development is expected to be located in an area identified as suitable for wind energy in the local plan, and to demonstrate that the local community has consented to the development.

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