Judge overturns approval for 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard project

Cecilia Keating
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Judge upholds local resident's appeal against wind farm cabling and substation infrastructure forcing government to formally reconsider plans

The High Court has quashed the government's decision to allow Vattenfall to build a huge 1.8GW offshore wind farm off the coast of Norfolk, arguing Ministers had failed to take into account the full impacts...

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