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‹ Questions on Promised Legislation Wind and solar farm planning
Summary
Deputy Butler asked when promised wind-farm legislation and planning guidelines for solar farms would be brought forward. Bruton said work was continuing in the relevant Departments but he could not give a date.
My question is on promised legislation. For the past three or four years, we have been promised legislation on wind farms. Recently, there has been a raft of planning applications for solar farms. There are no specific planning guidelines in place for these. We need to see them sooner rather than later.
Comment on this
Work is ongoing on the part of the two relevant Departments to figure out the exact underpinning of such legislation. I am not in a position to give the Deputy a categorical date.