| Heading: |
Solar Power: Development Consent Orders |
| Question ID: |
1807638 |
| UIN: |
56070 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5355 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sarah Bool
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Bool
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to review the development consent order process for solar projects to increase local authority input on battery storage safety. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4520 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Matthew Pennycook
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| Answering Member handle: |
mtpennycook
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mtpennycook
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| Answer text: |
National planning policy and guidance clearly considers safety aspects of a proposed energy development, with expectations set out early for applicants to submit supporting information with their application for the proposed development.The overarching Na... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |