Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 34738

Agriculture: Land Use

Tabled: 28 February 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025

Question

Harriet Cross

ConservativeGordon and Buchan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many acres of agricultural land of (a) Grade 1, (b) Grade 2, (c) Grade 3a and (d) Grade 3b have had planning applications for energy projects, including related, incidental, or facilitati

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Department does not hold the data requested, but when each individual planning decision is made, the information about the extent and grade of any agricultural land being utilised is set out in as part of the published decision. The revised National P...

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