Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 999
Wind Power
Tabled: 22 July 2024
Answered: 30 July 2024
Question
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Conservative — North West Essex
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the speech of 8 July 2024 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is to start consulting on bringing onshore wind into the Nationally Sig
Answer
Matthew PennycookWe are consulting on bringing larger onshore wind development back into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects regime as part of the consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework launched today.