The MPs, many of whom have until now only opposed particular proposals, believe their intervention will make it more difficult for planning permission to be given.
In a fresh protest against the Government’s support for onshore wind turbines, backbenchers said their constituencies had reached “tipping point” and would be ruined by further development.
They are sharing advice on running local campaigns against wind farms after the Tory head of a larger cross party group of MPs opposed to the spread of onshore wind distributed a manual on how to fight proposals by developers.
The move comes after the group of 106 MPs – 101 of them Tories – called on the Government to cut generous subsidies, which they say are driving the expansion of wind farms. In a letter to the Prime Minister in February last year they warned it was “unwise” to make consumers subsidise “inefficient and intermittent energy production”.
Geoffrey Cox, the MP for Torridge and West Devon, one of the signatories to the letter said: “There are now so many turbine applications that the whole of our district is affected. I believe we have now reached a tipping point.
via Wind farm developers face new wave of opposition from MPs – Telegraph.
Wind farm developers face new wave of opposition from MPs
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