1st Edition

At the Margins of Planning Offshore Wind Farms in the United Kingdom

By Stephen A. Jay Copyright 2008
174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

174 Pages
by Routledge

Offshore wind farms are being developed on a major scale around the UK coastline as part of the drive to increase renewable energy production. This presents a new departure for the renewables sector. Having fewer physical constraints than on land, they avoid the planning system, which currently ends at low water mark. However, planning authorities and the communities they represent are deeply... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; The development of offsfore wind farms; 5 offshore wind farms; Patterns of planning authority involvement; Planning at the margins; Conclusions; References; Index.

Biography

Stephen A. Jay