Energy: Seas and Oceans
(asked on 2nd July 2015) - View Source
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether it is her policy to include the 2009 Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment as a material consideration in planning decisions on National Infrastructure projects.
This question was answered on 9th July 2015
In determining planning applications for nationally significant infrastructure projects, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State takes into consideration the policies set out in the energy National Policy Statements which, where appropriate, reflect the Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment undertaken by DECC in 2009.