A question on #LocalPlans #Electricity tabled by Wendy Morton on 17-03-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Local Plans: Electricity
Question ID: 1785316
UIN: 38608
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-17
Asking Member ID: 4358
Asking Member display name: Wendy Morton
Asking Member handle: morton_wendy
Asking Member Twitter reference: @morton_wendy
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Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, what steps she plans to take to ensure that new electricity transmission infrastructure is integrated with local developme
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Date answered: 2025-03-24
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Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: Measures are already in place that ensure infrastructure provision is considered in the local plan-making process. The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that plans should be deliverable over the plan period, which will include ensuring that t...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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