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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jillian Ambrose and Alex Clark

Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England

Turbines of Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm over the rooftops of Camber, seen from Camber Sands beach near Rye, East Sussex
Little Cheyne Court windfarm near Rye, East Sussex. Photograph: Andrew Aitchison/In Pictures/Getty

Plans for new onshore windfarms in England have reached their highest annual level in a decade, after the government overturned the Conservatives’ de facto ban in 2015.

About 45 applications for new onshore windfarms were submitted in the year to March,according to a Guardian analysis of government data.

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