Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 221

Solar Power: Land Use

Tabled: 17 July 2024
Answered: 26 July 2024

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department (a) monitors and (b) plans to monitor the (i) area, (ii) type by agricultural grade and (iii) geographical location of land proposed for solar development.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Department currently monitors the geographical location of solar developments through the Renewable Energy Planning Database. We plan to broaden the scope of this database to provide information on the area and types of agricultural land used by exist...

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