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RENEWABLE ENERGY |
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PPS22: Renewable Energy defines renewable
energy as energy flows that occur naturally and repeatedly in the
environment, such as from the wind, the fall of water, the movement
of the oceans, from the sun and also from biomass. It is Government
policy to stimulate the development of new and renewable energy sources
wherever they have prospects of being economically attractive and
environmentally acceptable in order to contribute to: |
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- secure and sustainable energy supplies,
- reduction in the emissions of pollutants, and
- the encouragement of internationally competitive industries.
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New and renewable energy sources can particularly
contribute to energy needs in a significant way. Renewable energy
sources offer the hope of increasing diversity and security of supply
and of reducing harmful emissions to the environment. Nationally,
the best opportunities for renewable energy projects currently use
energy from waste, biomass, sewerage sludge and wind schemes. There
are however, local environmental consequences for all renewable projects
which must be weighed against the national interest of producing clean
energy. Proposals for developing renewable energy sources will therefore
need to consider the direct and immediate impacts of such projects
on the local environment having regard to Government policy. The Government
is pursuing renewable energy targets as set out in the energy White
Paper Our Energy Future Creating a Low Carbon Economy (2003). The
Government's current target is to see 10% of the UK's electricity
requirements being met from renewables by 2010. The Council will consider
the contribution the Borough can make to meeting any regional renewable
energy targets as a result of the assessments that are being undertaken
at regional level, and which can be applied at the local level. |
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ENERGY GENERATION
FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES |
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Planning permission will
be granted for energy generation development involving the use of
renewable sources such as biomass, energy from waste, sewerage sludge,
solar power and wind farm schemes providing the impact of the proposal
on local land use, amenity, the landscape and sites of ecological,
cultural, scientific, historical and archaeological significance is
considered acceptable. |
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The following location has
been identified as being suitable for renewable energy generation
schemes: |
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Budds Farm Waste Water Plant, Southmoor
Lane, Havant. |
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Whilst Budds Farm Water Plant has been
identified as a specific location suitable for energy generation from
renewable sources, it is anticipated that other schemes may come forward
during the Plan period at other sites. The wider environmental and
economic benefits of all proposals for the development of renewable
energy generating operations are material considerations that will
be given significant weight in determining whether proposals should
be granted planning permission. |
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