Question follow-through · 69617
Renewable Energy: Batteries
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has issued guidance to people affected by multiple planning applications for (a) battery energy storage systems and (b) solar storage near to their villages that have been approved
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2025 · 43 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
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has issued guidance to people affected by multiple planning applications for (a) battery energy storage systems and (b) solar storage near to their villages that have been approved
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2025
Answer published
As Minister for Energy, I do not personally approve any individual planning applications. The Department approves energy projects classified as Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, and the process is governed by the Planning Act 2008, which inc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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