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	answer has question	oTUMbMFB
	answer has answering person	Gregory Barker
	answer text	<p>A number of independent peer reviewed research studies commissioned by Government have looked at the impacts of noise from wind farms, and concluded that there is no evidence of health effects arising from infrasound or low frequency noise generated by wind turbines, for turbines built according to our guidelines.</p><p>Wind farms will only be developed where the impacts are, or can be made, acceptable. For onshore wind developments of 50 MW or less installed capacity (under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990), the National Planning Policy Framework sets out how noise impacts should be assessed in planning decision making. The National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1) and the National Policy Statement for Renewable Energy Infrastructure (EN-3) provides guidance on noise impacts for wind farm projects in England and Wales with generating capacities of more than 50 MW onshore and 100 MW offshore.</p>
	answer given date	2013-10-14
	answer has answering body	Department of Energy and Climate Change
	written answer has answering body	Department of Energy and Climate Change
Department of Energy and Climate Change	answering body has written answer	tthyXNEP
Department of Energy and Climate Change	answering body has answer	tthyXNEP
oTUMbMFB	question has answer	tthyXNEP
Gregory Barker	answering person has answer	tthyXNEP