Petition · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Amend the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to ban wind farms on protected peatland
Closed
8,829 signatures
What the petition asks
We want the government to amend its Planning & Infrastructure Bill to:
1. Ban wind farms on peatland in the National Site Network and SSSIs in England, and
2. Require the restoration to good conservation status of peatland’s interlinked mosaic of habitats, including irreplaceable blanket bog.
1. Ban wind farms on peatland in the National Site Network and SSSIs in England, and
2. Require the restoration to good conservation status of peatland’s interlinked mosaic of habitats, including irreplaceable blanket bog.
We believe these amendments are needed to protect peatland’s ecological integrity: benefiting climate, biodiversity, water quality and flood risk mitigation. We think that new energy policy statements increase safeguards for peatland, but aren't enough, and still greenlight development on shallower peat - which science warns against. There are concerns that the Sec of State may ignore potential damage to protected sites and approve 'Critical National Priority' windfarms on peatland subject to “compensation” - which we believe is impossible in a near timeframe.
Timeline
| 13 Oct 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
8,829
Status
Closed
Department
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Opened
13 Oct 2025
Closed
13 Apr 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 29 Jul 2026.