Question follow-through · 69823
Renewable Energy: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) value for money assessments and (b) comparative value for money assessments for alternative proposals will be material planning considerations when determining applications covere
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 44 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) value for money assessments and (b) comparative value for money assessments for alternative proposals will be material planning considerations when determining applications covere
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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4 Sept 2025
Answer published
Draft updated National Policy Statements were published for consultation and laid before Parliament earlier this year. There are no proposed changes in regard to value for money assessments. Development proposals enter the planning system at different tim...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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National Grid: East of England
5 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his expected timetable is for when the Norwich to Tilbury Great Grid upgrade will be fully operational.
National Grid: East of England
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timetable is for the Norwich to Tilbury Great Grid Upgrade to be (a) constructed and (b) operational.
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which offshore wind farms are scheduled to be connected to the grid in each of the next ten years; and what level of GW will be added to grid capacity from each development.
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she make an assessment of the potential (a) economic and (b) environmental impacts of establishing an offshore grid to connect offshore windfarms off of the coast of the East of England to