Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England

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1. Sun, 23 August 2026

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     Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England

     Surge in proposals follows Labour’s lifting of de facto ban, with about 45 plans submitted in the year to March Plans for new onshore windfarms in England have reached their highest annual level in a decade, after the government overturned the Conservatives’ de facto ban in 2015. About 45 applications for new onshore windfarms were submitted in the year to March,according to a Guardian analysis of government data. Continue reading...