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Energy: Storage

Asked by Bradley ThomasConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 15 September 2025UIN 73609

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reconsidering special circumstances permitting green belt development at times when battery energy storage site targets have been exceeded.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Where the type of development in question is proposed in the Green Belt it is for decision makers, based on the circumstances of the individual case, to determine whether development inappropriate in Green Belt would be justified by very special circumstances.

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