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Wheatbelt wind farm approval hit with "phantom dwelling" fight

Loophole is escalating the renewables backlash

Wheatbelt wind farm approval hit with "phantom dwelling" fight

Credits: ENB

A Western Australian Wheatbelt farming family has launched a legal challenge against a proposed wind farm, in a newly emerging flashpoint over how planning rules treat "approved but unbuilt" rural homes.  ...

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