planning system
Call to triple wind farm building – The Daily Telegraph
The planning system must allow more wind farms or Britain will not meet its target to generate 15 per cent of energy from green sources by 2020, government advisers have warned. Only 3 per cent of energy comes from renewables. Lord Turner, chairman of the committee on climate change, called for
CBI fears further delays over power schemes across Wales ; 11 LARGE PROJECTS STILL WAITING TO GO AHEAD – Western Mail (Cardiff, UK)
PLANS to hand back powers to ministers to approve major infrastructure projects could lead to further delays in building “vital” energy schemes, a business body has warned. Employers’ body the CBI has identified 37 delayed power plan projects going through the planning system, including 11 major
Planning system changes welcomed – Western Mail (Cardiff, Uk)
PLANS to revise the planning system to enable renewable energy
projects to go ahead while protecting the environment were yesterday welcomed
by the Institute of Directors. The proposed changes would place an expectation on local planning
authorities to set targets for the delivery of renewable
Compensation for Wind Farm Locals?
Last Tuesday, the Conservatives launched an “Open Source Planning” green paper that proposes to “reinvigorate and reboot” the planning system should the conservatives win in the next election. The paper states that communities that agree to host wind farms will be able to keep the business rates the scheme generates for six years.
Mackie attacks turbine obstacles – The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Uk)
FARMERS and rural landowners are being discouraged from developing
small-scale wind projects because of the “tortuous” and expensive planning
system, a leading businessman claims. Maitland Mackie, chairman of ice-cream maker Mackie’s of Scotland, says
developing renewables could generate more than
OPINIONS ARE DIVIDED ; With the ongoing Copenhagen ClimateSummit, the subject of wind farmshas become a hot topic fordebate – Hull Daily Mail (Hull, Uk)
ELECTRICTY isn’t all that wind farms are generating, they have become
a hot topic for debate. With the Copenhagen Climate Summit taking place, there is a huge amount of
pressure to create more and more renewable energy. This means the Government is putting more pressure on the planning system
Planners told to find some reasons to say ‘yes’ for a change – The Journal (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Uk)
ENERGY bosses say one of the biggest problems facing their efforts to
kick start a jobs boom is the planning system. The region’s leading energy companies have slammed the planning system as
not fit for purpose and accused councillors across the region of not
considering the greater good when
Shake-up to make it easier to go green ; uk newsbulletin – Western Mail (Cardiff, Uk)
WIND turbines up to 15 metres high could be put up in industrial
estates or farmland without planning permission under plans
published by the Government yesterday. Changes to the planning system would also make it easier for new
solar roofs to go up on stadiums, schools and railway stations or
for
Power bills are set to go nuclear – Daily Mail (London, Uk)
TEN nuclear power plants will be built under a fast-track planning
system, ministers said yesterday. The facilities will be up and running by 2025, mostly on the sites
of existing nuclear operations. Critics claim the ’streamlined’ planning process – also to be used
for major wind farm
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