Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 45159

Solar Power: Planning Permission

Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 28 April 2025

Question

Nick Timothy

ConservativeWest Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many large area solar proposals going through the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects process are requesting planning approval to acquire freehold land.

Answer

Michael Shanks
An application for development consent can include a request for the granting of rights to compulsorily acquire or temporarily possess land to facilitate the development of the proposal.Each application for development consent for nationally significant i...

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