Energy: Wind Farms

House of Lords written question – answered at on 16 October 2012.

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Photo of Lord Patten Lord Patten Conservative

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment have they made of the effects of wind farms on the prices of nearby residential property.

Photo of Baroness Verma Baroness Verma The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

The evidence of the impact on property prices of the presence of a wind farm is mixed. Studies by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and Oxford Brookes University (2007), the Berkeley National Laboratory (2009) and the UK Centre for Sustainable Energy (2011) found no conclusive evidence that house prices have been affected by wind farm development.

The evidence of the impact on property prices of the presence of a wind farm is mixed. Studies by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and Oxford Brookes University (2007), the Berkeley National Laboratory (2009) and the UK Centre for Sustainable Energy (2011) found no conclusive evidence that house prices have been affected by wind farm development.

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