Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 43330
Community Energy
Tabled: 1 April 2025
Answered: 9 April 2025
Question
John Milne
Liberal Democrat — Horsham
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to direct the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan to be inclusive of community energy projects.
Answer
Michael ShanksThe Strategic Spatial Energy Plan is a national, transmission-level plan covering Great Britain, and as such it will not prescribe or authorise individual projects at community level. Regional Energy Strategic Plans (RESPs) will undertake spatial planning at a more local level.