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Plan to cut down on wind farm noise
An interim development plan will be published today confirming councils as the premier planning bodies but introducing a 1km barrier between new farms and residential areas.
Premier Mike Rann said the proposed barrier - which could be removed if both parties agreed - would overcome concerns about turbine noise.
January 5, 2012
by Russell Emmerson and Daniel Wills
in The Advertiser
The State Government will today unveil its plan to end investor uncertainty for new wind farms.
It also aims to protect residential areas from turbine noise.
An interim development plan will be published today confirming councils as the premier planning bodies but introducing a 1km barrier between new farms and residential areas.
Premier Mike Rann said the proposed barrier - which could be removed if both parties agreed - would overcome concerns about turbine noise.
"The industry has been plagued by uncertainty following a court decision to uphold an objection on visual amenity grounds, and the Victorian Government's crackdown on wind-power investment," he said.
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