Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38458

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, whether he plans to provide guidance to forestry authorities on prioritising energy generation in the context of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.

Answer

Mary Creagh
The 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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