Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 56079
Agriculture: Land Use
Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 11 June 2025
Question
Sarah Bool
Conservative — South Northamptonshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of large-scale solar farms on (a) agricultural land use and (b) landscape character in South Northamptonshire constituen
Answer
Mary CreaghDefra does not collect information on the potential impacts of constructing green energy infrastructure. However, Defra does produce statistical estimates of agricultural land areas each year from the annual June Survey of Agriculture: In 2024, the utilis...
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