Wind farm planning consents: Meeting renewables targets or national security — A conflict?
✍ Scribed by Peter Cassidy
- Book ID
- 104438471
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 287 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1471-0846
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✦ Synopsis
On 14 December 2001, a preliminary hearing was held in the High Court of Justice in the UK. The purpose of the hearing was to decide whether EcoCen Developments Limited (EcoCen) had the right for a full judicial review, following the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry's (SSTI) decision, on 29 March 2001, to block the development of an 80MW onshore wind farm at Humble Hill, Northumberland, UK. e&r ~~~~~~~~~ and ie c';%rY of Masons Energy Group take a closer look at the decision and what it may mean for obtaining planning consent for wind farms in certain parts of the UK. This decision was the result of the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) objection that the proposed farm would interfere with national security. The basis of the MOD's concern is the proximity of the training facility at RAF Spadeadam which is used for the training of Royal Air Force (RAF) aircrews in tactical low flying. The preliminary hearing was decided in f&our of the claimant, EcoGen, and a full judicial review will now be held later on this year (currently scheduled for April 2002).