Judge gives energy firms the right to build wind farms 350 metres from homes

In the U.K. a legal decision goes against a local council's siting regulation

Judge gives energy firms the right to build wind farms 350 metres from homes - Telegraph:

The judge decided that a council's attempt to impose a minimum distance of 1.2km (three quarters of a mile) between wind farms and people's homes was unlawful, in a test case that could have far-reaching consequences for national planning laws.
Milton Keynes Borough Council in Buckinghamshire tried to prevent the wind energy firm RWE Npower Renewables Ltd from erecting 125 metre high turbines less than 1,217 metres from homes after it put in planning applications for two wind farms in the borough.
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Cllr Andrew Geary, Leader of Milton Keynes Borough Council said: “It is rather ironic that the council already had separation distances in place within policy and the supplementary planning document was quashed as a result of this point alone. Had we had no policy we would have won.

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