Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Climate Change – in the Senedd at 1:54 pm on 21 September 2022.
Planning guidance is also critical when it comes to engagement. Given the fact that 'Future Wales' has set out an ambition for significant additional windfarms to be built onshore across the country, there are many communities now that are concerned about the potential impacts upon them, and indeed many businesses that are concerned about the potential impacts upon them, too. One such area is the area in the north of my constituency between Betws-yn-Rhos and Moelfre and as far down as Llanfair Talhaearn, where there is a proposal that is being brought forward by a windfarm company for turbines of up to 250m tall, which could be in very close proximity to people's homes. Given that there's no clear guidance from the Welsh Government on acceptable levels of noise, distance of turbines from property and the size of onshore wind turbines, does the Welsh Government intend to review the guidance that is available to developers, for local communities to hold developers to account through the planning process that now might follow?