Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38457
Electricity Generation: Infrastructure
Tabled: 14 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of hectares of forestry land that will be made available for energy generation, in the context of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Answer
Mary CreaghThe forestry renewables measure, announced as part of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, aims to integrate renewable energy into our natural landscape. Provisions will be in place to ensure that renewable energy developments on forestry land are not at...
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