Question follow-through · 903249
Energy: Land Use
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of how agricultural land classification is assessed in energy infrastructure project decisions.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of how agricultural land classification is assessed in energy infrastructure project decisions.
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
Both the National Planning Policy Framework and National Policy Statements were updated in 2024. They make clear that energy infrastructure should always be located in areas of poorer quality land rather that higher quality land where possible. At the end...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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