The Tony Blair Institute for Global Change supports Starmer's plans, emphasizing the need to double grid capacity and triple renewable energy generation through planning system reforms.
Keir Starmer proposes to remove the right of local communities to veto onshore wind farms and shorten the lengthy planning approval times from years to months, aiming to lower long-term energy costs.
The reports released by the institute warn that without a change of course, the UK might not be able to decarbonize its electricity grid until 2062, hence the call for changes in the planning system, including classifying onshore wind farms as"nationally significant infrastructure".Politics is very often about jargon and buzzwords, and the most frequent these days seems to be the commitment to turn Britain into a “superpower” of some sort.
Currently, local communities can veto onshore wind farms near where they live. It was Rishi Sunak who re-introduced this measure. Starmer instead wants to face off the Nimbys, and believes local communities should be convinced of the need for a wind farm near their homes because the case for it is clear: lower energy bills for the long-term. He believes planning approval times to be way too long, and has pledged to cut them from years to months.
This is exactly what happens with housing too: barely anyone would confess to being against new housing, as it’s crystal clear that’s what Britain needs to exit the housing crisis, but a lot of people don’t want these new houses in their backyard. And so the new homes never get built.
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