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Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 116442

Compulsory Purchase

Tabled: 27 February 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026

Question

Andrew George

Liberal Democrat — St Ives

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to introduce statutory turnaround times for consents teams handling compulsory purchase and necessary wayleave applications, to reduce end-to-end project t

Answer

Michael Shanks
The government is assessing how it can streamline land access, rights and consent processes to speed up electricity network deployment and published a consultation which ran from 8 July to 2 September 2025. The consultation proposed a raft of changes to t...
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