HC Deb 09 April 2001 vol 366 cc377-8W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make it a condition of planning permission for new houses to be equipped with a small windmill to generate electricity. [157542]

Ms Beverley Hughes

It is for local planning authorities in the first instance to decide on specific planning conditions We are keen to encourage renewable energy initiatives that are feasible and effective.