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Developers are engaging early with planning authorities to address landscape impact, grid capacity, agricultural land classification, and community benefit considerations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BNG calculations and habitat management plans are becoming central to early discussions, particularly for solar schemes. Strategic planning teams are working closely with DM officers to ensure environmental assessments and cumulative impact studies meet emerging national expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recruitment demand is rising for planners with experience in energy infrastructure, EIA coordination, and rural land use. Both councils and consultancies are expanding teams to manage technically complex applications with significant stakeholder interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renewable energy remains a major driver of planning activity \u2014 and a key recruitment focus heading into 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major Renewable Energy Schemes Advance Through Pre\u2011Application Stages Large\u2011scale renewable energy proposals \u2014 including solar farms, battery storage sites, and onshore wind repowering schemes \u2014 are<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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