The average approval rate across all forces was 96 per cent, the campaign group said.

The current approval rate means that more turbines will be installed in the next three years than were in the previous seventeen.

When they were told that they might be paid thousands of dollars a year to accept it, the approval rate halved.

Prospective users submitted nearly 1000 proposals in the period 2008-2012, with an approval rate of 64%.

The approval rate for his government was such high that in the next municipal elections his party won with an overwhelming majority.