Onshore wind rules to be relaxed after Tory revolton December 6, 2022 at 6:44 pm

The government has pledged to relax restrictions on building onshore wind farms in England after a threatened rebellion from Tory MPs.

A rule requiring new turbines to be built on pre-designated land will be rewritten, the levelling up department said.

Around 30 backbenchers had threatened to make the change through a planning bill going through Parliament.

New wind farms would still be subject to local approval.

The precise method of measuring local opinion will be part of a wider consultation which will conclude by next April.