Power Stations: Planning

(asked on 24th May 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on planning for the location of new decentralised power generation plants.


Answered by
Brandon Lewis Portrait
Brandon Lewis
This question was answered on 6th June 2016

The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that local planning authorities should set out the strategic priorities for the area in the Local Plan. This should include strategic policies to deliver the provision of infrastructure for energy. The Framework asks local planning authorities to identify opportunities where development can draw its energy supply from decentralised, renewable or low carbon energy supply systems and for co-locating potential heat customers and suppliers. The Framework is supported by planning guidance on renewable and low carbon energy, which sets out how decentralised energy opportunities can be identified. The National Planning Policy Framework and guidance can be found here - http://planningguidance.communities.gov.uk/.

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