Solar Power
Commons · Question 76352 · Tabled 10 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Sarah Dyke
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to help ensure that local communities benefit from hosting ground mounted solar farms.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 16 Sep 2025
The Government is determined to ensure that, where communities host clean energy infrastructure, they benefit from it directly. We recently published a working paper on community benefits, in which we proposed making it mandatory for developers to provide...