Planning applications are made, as are environmental impact assessments. Any objections generally get overturned by the government.
Did you know that the only reasons wind farms pay for themselves is through tax benefits? They are highly non cost effective in real monetary and polluting terms. Not a single wind farm has ever made a profit (once you remove tax benefits). They are short life spanned; maintenance costs are horrendous, removal costs at their end of life are dreadful, and the destruction of carbon sequestration deposits cancels out any benefits what so ever.
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