Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 37376

Infrastructure: Land

Tabled: 11 March 2025

Answered: 14 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 35839 on Infrastructure: Land, what is the maximum permissible quantity of best and most versatile land allowed for an energy development c

Answer

Michael Shanks

National Policy Statement EN-1 and EN-3 set out the policy for the consideration of the use of best and most versatile land for energy development, but state that “applicants should, where possible, utilise previously developed land, brownfield land, cont...

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