Norfolk County Council is recruiting for an officer specifically to handle the authority's response to what are known as Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.

Three of the solar farm applications in Norfolk are through the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project process (Image: Mike Page)

They are currently 15 such projects, either in Norfolk or which would have an impact on the county, including three huge solar farms, offshore wind farms and plans for pylons to carry the energy from those schemes.

Those projects do not follow the usual planning process, with planning inspectors considering their merits at public inquiries and then making a recommendation to the secretary of state for a final decision.

Kay Mason Billig, leader of Norfolk County Council (Image: Emily Goodwin)

Norfolk County Council feeds its views into that process and, with council leader

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