Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 73609

Energy: Storage

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Bradley Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reconsidering special circumstances permitting green belt development at times when battery energy storage site targets

Answer

Matthew Pennycook

Where the type of development in question is proposed in the Green Belt it is for decision makers, based on the circumstances of the individual case, to determine whether development inappropriate in Green Belt would be justified by very special circumsta...

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