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Planning shake-up to boost green energy
17 November 2009
Commenting on Government plans to relax planning rules to enable homeowners, developers and businesses to install their own small-scale green energy systems, Friends of the Earth's Executive Director Andy Atkins said:
"Amending planning controls to make it easier for small-scale renewable energy systems to be installed should encourage more people to play their part in developing a greener future.
"But these schemes would be given an even bigger boost if the Government improved on its plans to introduce a feed-in tariff next year - homes, businesses and communities must be paid more generously than currently intended for the green energy they generate.
"Climate change must be at the heart of planning policy - the UK could be a world leader in green energy, reaping the substantial economic benefits this would bring."
Notes to editor
Last month a coalition of organisations, led by Friends of the Earth and the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), called for changes to the planning system to help tackle climate change. http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/planning_coalition_campaign_27102009.html
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Published by Friends of the Earth Trust
Last modified: Nov 2009
