The UK could build more wind farms on land after the government u-turned on a seven year ban this evening
Under the new government plans, planning permission for onshore wind farms would depend on demonstrating local support and "appropriately" addressing any impacts identified by the community, the department for levelling up, housing and communities said.
Ms Truss moved to relax planning rules during her short tenure at No 10, but Mr Johnson did not seek to overturn the ban, which has been in place since 2015, when he was in office. "Onshore wind is the cheapest form of energy bar none and it has an important role to play as part of our future energy mix, alongside oil and gas, offshore wind, solar and nuclear.
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