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Participation in environmental decision-making: reflecting on planning and community benefits for major wind farms
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posted on 2023-06-09, 05:08 authored by Chiara ArmeniThe notion of public participation in environmental decision-making remains ambiguous and unsettled. This article critically reflects on the conceptual nature of participation, focusing on wind energy developments. It points to an overlooked, but conceptually significant, distinction between models of engagement directed to ‘participation’ and those aimed at ‘public acceptance’. By simply offering a shadow of participation, models of public acceptance are problematic and make the normative and substantive justification of the decision inevitably more fragile. Analysing two major wind projects in England and Wales and their underlying legal and policy framework, the article explores the role of mitigation measures and the under-researched potential for developer-led community benefits to provide participatory space. In the light of logic of acceptance, it suggests that the participatory orientation of mitigation measures within planning law should be acknowledged and strengthened, while the potential for community benefits to constitute alternative fora for community participation should be explored.
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Journal of Environmental LawISSN
0952-8873Publisher
Oxford University PressExternal DOI
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3Volume
28Page range
415-441Department affiliated with
- Law Publications
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2017-02-13First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-04-24First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-04-24Usage metrics
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