To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her reasons were for recovering the planning appeals relating to the wind farms at (a) Crook Hill, (b) Todmorden Moor and (c) Reaps Moss. (241412)

The reason for recovering these appeals was as a result of public interest in the proposals, being development of major importance having more than local significance, particularly bearing in mind the cumulative impact that the proposals could have.