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Scott out with the environment agency

We are privileged to live in such a beautiful part of the country, let's keep it that way and stop unwanted developments.

North Cornwall is an area of outstanding natural beauty and Scott will continue to fight to keep it that way. Cornwall has been officially named as the most picturesque county in England, our beaches and countryside regularly win awards. We need to protect our countryside from unwanted wind-turbine developments, and other inappropriate planning submissions that would harm our landscapes that are so valued by tourists.

We now have enough onshore wind power to meet our renewables target, so should end taxpayer funded subsidies for newly planned projects and give local communities the decisive say on them. Only a Conservative government would deliver that.

Conservatives in Government have already changed planning rules in England to give greater protection for landscape and heritage and we will go further and amend planning policy in England to give even greater protection to locally valued landscape, heritage and other local concerns.

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Scott Mann MP welcomes Minister of State to North Cornwall

Friday, 31 July, 2020

Local Communities and Housing Minister Simon Clarke MP met with local Member of Parliament, Scott Mann for a tour of Wadebridge on Thursday. The Minister was very interested to see local projects including the Camel Trail.

BEIS

Millions more homes to be powered by renewables

Thursday, 5 March, 2020

Details of the next round of the Contracts for Difference scheme, which opens in 2021, have been set out today, Monday 2 March.

BoJo

"Vote Blue, Go Green" - Boris Johnson

Saturday, 16 November, 2019

A Conservative majority government would embark on an era of “true 21st century Conservativism” by tripling tree-planting rates and creating a new £500 million fund to protect the world’s oceans to help meet its 2050 net zero target.

Climate Conference 2019

Cornwall's first-ever plastics conference

Saturday, 27 July, 2019

I enjoyed attending Cornwall's first-ever plastics conference, which was hosted by the University of Exeter and Sarah Newton MP.

Scott by the river

Camel Estuary designated as one of 41 new UK Marine Conservation Zones

Sunday, 2 June, 2019

The Camel Estuary has been designated as one of 41 new UK Marine Conservation Zones, marking the most significant expansion of England’s ‘Blue Belt’ of protected areas to date.

•Largest and most sheltered marine inlet on the north Cornwall coast, covering approximately 2 km2.

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Bill to clamp down on sewage pollution brought forward by Scott

Tuesday, 10 July, 2018

North Cornwall MP Scott Mann has today introduced a Bill in Parliament to clamp down on the amount of sewage entering the sea, which endangers wildlife and public health.

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Scott Mann urges Cornwall Council to consider residents’ concerns over Bodmin development proposals

Wednesday, 20 June, 2018

North Cornwall MP Scott Mann has urged Cornwall Council to review the allocation of an area of moorland for housing in Bodmin after a wave of concerns were voiced by local residents and organisations.

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Importance of protecting the SW Coast Path highlighted by Scott in Parliament

Tuesday, 12 June, 2018

Scott Mann has highlighted the importance of protecting natural and heritage assets in North Cornwall including the South West Coast Path and Tintagel Castle during a debate in Parliament today on coastal erosion.

Booby's Bay

Government announces new Marine Conservation Zones for Cornwall and the SW

Friday, 8 June, 2018

The Government has today announced – on World Oceans Day – that Cornwall and the South West is earmarked to get 18 new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) to expand the Blue Belt and protect marine wildlife.

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Relief for Week St Mary residents as wind farm appeal thrown out by High Court

Friday, 25 May, 2018

Member of Parliament for North Cornwall, Scott Mann, has described his “delight” at the news that the High Court in London has dismissed proposals to build a wind farm near Week St Mary.

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April - Scott writes to the Secretary of State for Local Government outlining his objections to the Big Field Wind Farm in Week St. Mary which is under Appeal. Like many local people and parish councils, Scott is concerned about the adverse impacts it would have on the landscape as well as arguing that Cornwall has already fulfilled its duty of providing green wind energy.

June - The Government announces it will end subsidies for new onshore wind farms through legislation that will close the Renewables Obligation across Great Britain from 1 April 2016.

Once passed, this means that any newly proposed wind farm in Cornwall will not receive money from taxpayers or bill payers. Cornish communities also have the power to reject turbines.

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