Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 35249

Batteries: Storage

Tabled: 4 March 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025

Question

Sir Alec Shelbrooke

ConservativeWetherby and Easingwold

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make fire and rescue authorities statutory consultees for planning applications for battery energy storage systems.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 5520 on 11 October 2024.