Government underlines opposition to poorly sited renewables

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New planning guidance rejects calls for buffer zones, but stresses that need for clean energy does not automatically override other environmental concerns

The government has today issued long-awaited planning guidance designed to limit the development of poorly sited wind and solar power energy projects, which reiterates that the national need for renewable...

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