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Sam Russell (PA) & Erin Santillo

Offshore wind farm gets go-ahead from UK government despite objections

A major wind farm 47km off the Norfolk coast has been given the go-ahead by the UK government, despite objections.

Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng ruled the "pressing need" for renewable energy outweighed concern over the "substantial harm arising from landscape and visual issues".

It came after a High Court judge last year quashed a decision to grant development consent to energy company Vattenfall’s 1.8-gigawatt Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm.

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