Budget and micro-renewables

Ok so it may not be the greatest Budget for the environment, but it certainly wasn't a step backwards.The new funding for micro-renewables is a welcome measure personally, as we're looking at installing wind turbines and PV panels as soon as we can afford them (Ha ha!), although having recently worked in the Planning Department of Milton Keynes Council I know that some of the biggest incentives must come from local authorities.Simplifying the planning process, speeding it up and even offering cut-priced or subsidised planning fees would be relatively pain free ways to encourage local take up of micro-renewables and also help those local authorities who are signed up to the Nottingham Declaration meet their targets.