Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 116436
National Grid: Planning Permission
Tabled: 27 February 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026
Question
Andrew George
Liberal Democrat — St Ives
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that reforms to planning permission are matched by improvements to the processes for acquiring land and rights over land, so that grid connection
Answer
Michael ShanksDESNZ has worked closely with stakeholders to understand the extent to which current land access, rights and consents processes delay and add costs to rollout of electricity network infrastructure required for delivering clean power by 2030 and accelerati...
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