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Katrina Hodgkinson is calling for the NSW Government to hold a parliamentary inquiry into the planning requirements for wind farms as well as their effectiveness in conserving energy.
The Nationals MP says the Planning Minister should also be stripped of the right to approve the developments.
She says residents in the Crookwell area are concerned the Planning Minister does not understand the impact wind farms have on land values.
"It's of create concern to them that they really don't have any ability to stop some sort of development going on in their own backyard despite the fact that they've got to live with the consequences," she said.
"They are saying very strongly to me let's bring it back to the community. Let's bring the planning decisions back to the local communities that are going to be impacted."
Ms Hodgkinson says currently there is no consistency in the Planning Minister's approval.
"Until we have that framework these sorts of developments are just going to go ahead willy nilly at the discretion of whoever happens to be the Planning Minister of the day in NSW," she said.
"I don't think that that's good enough."
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