Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 69617

Renewable Energy: Batteries

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Samantha Niblett

LabourSouth Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has issued guidance to people affected by multiple planning applications for (a) battery energy storage systems and (b) solar storage near to their villages that have been approved

Answer

Michael Shanks
As Minister for Energy, I do not personally approve any individual planning applications. The Department approves energy projects classified as Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, and the process is governed by the Planning Act 2008, which inc...

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