Wind farms can be built just 350metres from homes, judge rules in blow to residents fearing turbines will blight their lives

Communities opposing wind farms were dealt a blow today as a court rejected an attempt to designate a minimum distance from homes.

The High Court ruled on the side on energy giant RWE Npower whose green division is trying to build two controversial wind farms close to residential areas.

In a case feared to have implications across Britain, Milton Keynes Borough Council tried to impose a limit of three quarters of a mile between turbines and homes, but was overruled.

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