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Renewable Energy: Planning

Asked by James WildConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 11 November 2025UIN 87414

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adding energy nationally significant infrastructure projects to the renewable energy planning database.

Answered by Michael Shanks

Energy nationally significant infrastructure projects are already included in the Renewable Energy Planning Database, which can be seen by filtering by planning authority for The Planning Inspectorate.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract

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