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Wind Power: Planning Permission

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 82473, tabled on 8 November 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to make it easier to secure planning permission for new onshore wind turbines.

Answered on

18 November 2022

The Government understands the strength of feeling that some people have about the impact of wind turbines in England. The Government is considering all options for increasing deployment in ways which are supported by local communities.

Answered by

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy