'Job done' on wind farms, says John Hayes In respect of the targets that we have for renewables when we take into account, what's built, what's consented, what's in planning system now - it will certainly have achieved, it will be job done. The remarks show that Mr Hayes is unrepentant about remarks he made last month when he said that there were currently enough wind turbines in the planning system. Currently, just under 10,000 turbines are planned for the UK. He complained in an interview that too many of the turbines had been "peppered" across the UK without enough consideration for the countryside and people's homes, adding that "enough is enough." He added: "We can no longer have wind turbines imposed on communities. I can't single-handedly build a new Jerusalem but I can protect our green and pleasant land. It later emerged that Mr Hayes had planned to make the remarks in a speech in Glasgow to a renewables conference but they were taken out by Mr Davey. Last week, Prime Minister David Cameron appeared to back Mr Hayes when he was careful only to couch support for wind farms in terms of wind turbines sited off the coast of Britain and not on the mainland UK. He told students in the United Arab Emirates: "We have the largest amount of renewable energy in Europe in terms of tidal power and offshore wind power, and are enhancing that with a system of subsidies which will build offshore wind and wave energy projects. Several senior Tories, including Owen Paterson, the new Environment Secretary, believe wind farm "blight" has not been properly considered before allowing development. Mr Paterson will formally respond to a government review on the community benefit of wind farms shortly and is expected to warn about their impact on rural areas. Earlier this year, more than 100 Conservative MPs urged David Cameron to block the further expansion of onshore wind power.