Making Localism Work: Onshore Wind

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Making Localism WorkOnshore Wind

• Charles Anglin
• Director of Communications
• RenewableUK

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Slow motion energy crisis

• 25 of electricity capacity to be decommissioned
• 15 of energy from renewables by 2020
• Half new capacity from electricity
• ¾ electricity of that from wind

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Whats needed onshore by 2020

• 35GW of wind required
• 15GW onshore
• 5,000 turbines

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Onshore today

• 270 windfarms
• 2,700 turbines
• 7GW in planning
• 33 LPA approval rates

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Localism Agenda

• Old top down approach dead
• No return to regional targets
• Winning active consent of communities
• Encouragement, consultation and incentivisation

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Getting the Bill beyond right

• Duty to co-operate
• Use of referenda
• Neighbourhood Planning
• NPPF
• NPS

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Business Playing our part

• Improving consultation
• Providing local community benefits
• Demonstrating local economic impact
• Business rate localisation