Energy: Infrastructure
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the impact of new onshore energy infrastructure on local communities.
Answered by Michael Shanks
Full account is taken of potential local community impacts when determining an energy infrastructure application. The Planning Act 2008 requires developers to engage with the local authority (or authorities) and consult the local community on a proposed development before submitting an application. Developers must take into account local community views when developing their proposals.
It is the government’s priority to build support for developments by ensuring communities directly benefit.
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