Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 6473

Solar Power: Planning Permission

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Jerome Mayhew

ConservativeBroadland and Fakenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her policy that there is to be a presumption against planning permission for solar farms that are not nationally significant infrastructure projects on best and mos

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The Government places great importance upon our agriculture and food production, and this is reflected in the National Planning Policy Framework. The Framework is clear that local planning authorities should recognise the economic and other benefits of th...

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