Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects

Wednesday 15th November 2023 Written Statements

[The Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero (Graham Stuart)]

My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Lord Callanan) has today made the following statement:

This statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park Ltd for development consent for the North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park project, located in Flixborough, Scunthorpe.

Under section 107(1)(b) of the Planning Act 2008, the Secretary of State must make a decision on an application within three months of the receipt of the Examining Authority’s report, unless exercising the power under section 107(3) of the Act to set a new deadline. Where a new deadline is set, the Secretary of State must make a statement to Parliament to announce it. The current statutory deadline for the decision on the North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park project is 15 November 2023.

The Secretary of State has decided to set a new deadline of no later than 15 March 2024 for deciding this application to enable my Department to seek further information from interested parties and to ensure there is sufficient time to allow for consideration of that information.

The decision to set the new deadline for this application is without prejudice to any decision on whether to grant or refuse development consent.

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