Greenpeace responds to proposed changes to onshore wind planning rules

Commenting on the government’s proposed changes to onshore wind planning rules, Greenpeace UK’s Policy Director, Dr Doug Parr, said:

“This proposal looks like yet another example of this government deliberately blocking this country from having genuine energy security, lower bills and clean power.

“Why should onshore wind face more planning obstacles than new housing or roads when it’s one of the cheapest, greenest and fastest forms of electricity to develop? The truth is that Sunak seems to be fudging this amendment to try and appease his backbench MPs with an ideological opposition to wind turbines.

“Recent polling shows that 76% of people support building renewable energy projects in their local area, and the number’s even higher for 2019 Conservative voters at 81%. Climate policies are popular, and are often, as the economics of onshore wind show, a win-win for the environment and the cost of living crisis.”