Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 65502

Energy: Land Use

Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 15 July 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal DemocratEly and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to assess land use changes in applications for new energy infrastructure.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The implications of land use change are already considered as part of the examination and determination of all applications for new energy infrastructure. In future, optimal locations for energy infrastructure will be identified by the Strategic Spatial E...

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