Windfarm plan “attack on countryside” – Lincolnshire councillor

The topic of wind farms has been a controversial one in Lincolnshire, with the county boasting huge, flat expanses of agricultural land.

In Ms Reeves’ first speech as chancellor, she said the new government would be taking “tough” and “hard choices” to grow the economy.

In 2015, the Conservative goverment changed planning rules, external, which gave local people more say on large projects like windfarms.

On Monday, the chancellor said: “Any development may have environmental consequences, place pressure on services and rouse voices of local opposition, but we will not succumb to a status quo which responds to the existence of trade-offs by always saying no.”

Mr Davie said: “This is an attack on the countryside.

“There is no indication that they actually understand what their announcements would mean for farmland and food security.

“That is actually a priority equal to anything else in my view and there’s been no attempt to address any of that.”