{"longTitle":"A Bill to give powers to local planning authorities to specify the minimum distances permissible between onshore wind turbines of certain dimensions and the nearest habitation; and for connected purposes.","summary":"The Bill would give powers to local authorities to specify in their neighbourhood development plans (defined as in the Localism Bill) a 'recommended best practice set-back distance' between onshore wind turbines and habitations. It includes recommendations for this set-back distance, calculated as a multiple of the turbine rotor diameter.","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":3977,"name":"Chris Heaton-Harris","party":"Conservative","partyColour":"0063ba","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/3977/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/3977/contact","memberFrom":"Daventry"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":793,"shortTitle":"Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) Bill","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Commons","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2012-05-01T15:08:45","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":5,"introducedSessionId":24,"includedSessionIds":[24],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":13618,"stageId":7,"sessionId":24,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Commons","stageSittings":[],"sortOrder":2}}