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Question follow-through · 83177

Batteries: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77318 on Batteries: Storage, for what reason he does not plan to make fire services statutory consultees on planning applications involvi

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
17 Oct 2025
Target answer date
21 Oct 2025
Answer
27 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77318 on Batteries: Storage, for what reason he does not plan to make fire services statutory consultees on planning applications involvi

  2. 21 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Planning Practice Guidance strongly recommends that battery developers engage with fire services ahead of the submission of their planning application. However, further to dialogue with the National Fire Chiefs Council, government is of the view that maki...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer to Question 88051 answered on 17th November 2025, if he will consider publishing interim data on this topic.

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18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his Department's plans are for the future of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

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