Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 10407
Solar Power: Land Use
Tabled: 22 October 2024
Answered: 30 October 2024
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to block applications for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects which include solar photovoltaic panels on grade 1, 2 and 3a farmland.
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government’s ambition is to triple solar capacity by 2030. However, planning policy is clear that where development of agricultural land is demonstrated to be necessary, areas of poorer quality land should be prioritised and there is no intention to r...
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