Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 110287

Incinerators: Regulation

Tabled: 2 February 2026
Answered: 10 February 2026

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) promote and (b) enforce the new EN-1 and EN-3 requirements associated with incinerators.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1) and the National Policy Statement for Renewable Energy Infrastructure (EN-3) govern planning requirements for larger-scale incinerators (50MW+) that fall under the Nationally Significant Infrastr...

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