Solar Power in the UK - Planning for a Sustainable Future

该项目的主要目的是进一步了解影响地方政府一级地面太阳能光伏农场规划应用结果的因素。这将通过定性访谈、调查、人种学分析和地理信息系统数据和规划报告数据的统计分析来完成。一个特别的重点将是分析叙述在形成太阳能规划应用结果中的作用，并使用其他方法来补充知识，以便开发一个用于分析太阳能规划结果的综合工具箱。考虑到到2050年部署太阳能光伏对英国实现净零排放目标的重要性，以及平衡不同的可持续发展目标（包括当地对可再生能源发展的接受程度），这是一个至关重要的话题。它也具有一定的社会意义，因为它代表了一种重要的可能性，可以推进叙事在环境和规划结果中的作用理论，并探索参与规划的人之间的价值如何与更广泛的社区互动，以及他们与景观的关系。这是一个规划政策尚未系统发展的领域，本提案提出了一种综合的方法，利用包括政治学、人类学和地理学在内的跨学科工具来实现这一目标。太阳能光伏的地方规划政治研究相对不足，对当地持有的关于太阳能光伏的信念、地方身份、当地与景观的关系以及寻求影响当地公众舆论的利益集团的叙事策略之间的相互作用的理解相对缺乏。待检验的假设是；强调“英雄”角色的利益相关者叙事比强调“恶棍”更能有效地影响人们；利益相关者的策略在整个规划辩论中是稳定的；规划结果和当地人的观点（通过对支持或反对太阳能农场叙事的相对支持来衡量）与利益相关者的叙事策略存在显著关联；规划结果与当地人民对不同利益相关者叙事策略的支持的关系明显大于与他们对地方身份的表达的关系。方法将包括：1；分析最近的两个太阳能光伏规划应用案例（一个被批准，一个被拒绝），以研究利益相关者叙事策略的差异，以及选定的小组成员对它们的反应2。对当前规划案例进行调查和研究，在咨询开始和结束时进行调查，这次调查了1000名当地人以及他们对利益相关者叙述的反应。3. 与一系列相关演员的访谈；人种学参与观察工作。对地理信息系统数据的分析将为案例研究的选择和结果分析提供信息。在两个正在进行的太阳能光伏规划案例中，对参与者的民族志研究将补充对利益相关者叙述的分析和当地人对调查的反应。参与者观察将包括与社区成员和土地所有者共同在景观中散步，参加会议和咨询活动，与太阳能光伏开发商接触，以及在线人种志。本研究将被置于对100个太阳能光伏规划案例的更广泛研究的背景下，以检查可以测量的非叙事因素，以及它们如何与不同的规划结果相关联。这些因素包括地理和人口因素，以及规划主任、不同法定机构和非政府机构对规划谘询的回应。地理信息系统技术将用于确定潜在的规划案例供研究，并用于分析100个案例。

The key aim of this project is to further understanding of factors influencing the outcomes of planning applications for ground-mounted solar photovoltaics (pv) farms at a local authority level. This will be done through qualitative interviewing, surveys, ethnographic analysis and statistical analysis of GIS data and data from planning reports. A particular focus will be analysis of the role of narratives in shaping the outcomes of solar planning applications with other approaches being used to supplement knowledge so that a comprehensive toolbox for analysis of solar planning outcomes can be developed.This is a vitally important topic given the importance of deployment of solar pv to the UK's net zero by 2050 target and the balancing of differing sustainable development objectives including local acceptance of renewable energy developments. It is also curcial since this represents an important possibility to advance the theory of the role of narratives in environmental and planning outcomes, and exploring how values amongst those involved in planning interact with the wider community and their relationships with the landscape. This is an area of planning policy that is underdeveloped in a systematic way, and this proposal presents a comprehensive means of doing this utilising an interdisciplinary set of tools including political science, anthropology and Geography. The local planning politics of solar pv is relatively under-researched, and there is a relative lack of understanding of the interaction between locally held beliefs about solar pv, place identities, local relationships with landscapes and the narrative strategies of interest groups seeking to influence local public opinion. Hypotheses to be tested are; that stakeholder narratives involving emphasis of 'hero' actors are more effective in influencing people than emphasising 'villains'; that stakeholder strategies are stable throughout planning debates; planning outcomes and the views of local people as measured by relative support for pro- or anti- solar farms narratives show a significant association with narrative strategies by stakeholders; Planning outcomes are significantly more associated with local peoples support for different stakeholder narrative strategies than about their expressions of place identity.Methods will include: 1. Analysis of two recent solar pv planning application cases (one granted, one refused) in order to study differences in stakeholder narrative strategies and also responses to them by selected panel members 2. Surveys and research into a current planning case with a survey at the start and the end of a consultation, this time surveying 1000 local people as well as their response to stakeholder narratives. 3. interviews with a range of relevant actors and 4. ethnographic participant observation work. Analysis of GIS data will inform the selection of case studies and analysis of the results. The analysis of stakeholder narratives and the responses by local people to surveys will be supplemented by ethnographic studies of the participants in two ongoing solar pv planning cases. Participant observation will include shared walks in the landscape with community members and landowners, attendance at meetings and consultation events, engagement with solar pv developers, and online ethnography.This research will be placed in the context of a wider study of l00 solar pv planning cases in order to examine non-narrative factors that can be measured, and which how they are associated with differing planning outcomes. These factors include geographical and demographic factors as well as the responses of planning officers, different statutory agencies and NGOs to planning consultations. GIS techniques will be used to identify potential planning cases for study and also in analysis of the 100 cases.