Local Plans: Electricity
Commons · Question 38608 · Tabled 17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, what steps she plans to take to ensure that new electricity transmission infrastructure is integrated with local developme
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 24 Mar 2025
Measures are already in place that ensure infrastructure provision is considered in the local plan-making process. The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that plans should be deliverable over the plan period, which will include ensuring that t...