Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 7379

Solar Power: Roads

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal DemocratSouth Cotswolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) construction and (b) operational phases of solar parks on (i) traffic and (ii) communities whose main transpor

Answer

Michael Shanks
There are established routes in the planning system, such as the National Policy Statements, which consider the transportation impacts of solar projects throughout their construction and operation. The main traffic impacts are likely to be during construc...

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