Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 76351

Solar Power: Agriculture

Tabled: 10 September 2025

Answered: 16 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Sarah Dyke

Liberal Democrat — Glastonbury and Somerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help support agricultural buildings to be fitted with solar panels.

Answer

Michael Shanks

The Government is looking to facilitate and promote extensive deployment of rooftop solar on industrial and commercial property.Commercial rooftop solar panel installations, which includes agricultural buildings, already benefit from permitted development...

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