Question follow-through · 19985
Solar Power: Batteries
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made a determination of the recommended safe distance between residential dwellings and solar PV farm battery energy storage systems.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 12 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made a determination of the recommended safe distance between residential dwellings and solar PV farm battery energy storage systems.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government has updated Planning Practice Guidance to encourage battery storage developers and local planning authorities to engage with local fire and rescue services, and for local planning authorities to refer to guidance published by the National F...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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