Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 83177

Batteries: Storage

Tabled: 17 October 2025

Answered: 27 October 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal Democrat — Ely and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77318 on Batteries: Storage, for what reason he does not plan to make fire services statutory consultees on planning applications involvi

Answer

Michael Shanks

Planning Practice Guidance strongly recommends that battery developers engage with fire services ahead of the submission of their planning application. However, further to dialogue with the National Fire Chiefs Council, government is of the view that maki...

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