UK government to relax onshore wind farm planning rules in wake of Ukraine crisis - Daily Mail

A Whitehall source said the scale of the ambition - to be set out in a new energy security strategy next week - is too great to be met by offshore wind alone.

Ministers are poised to relax planning rules for onshore wind farms, despite warnings it will spark a rural backlash. Boris Johnson has ordered ministers to double the rate at which new wind power i… [+4764 chars]

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