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Batteries: Storage

Commons · Question 77317 · Tabled 15 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 17 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Charlotte Cane

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to provide information to communities affected by battery energy storage sites on the safety of those sites.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 17 Oct 2025

Communities near potential grid-scale battery sites should be informed about them via planning law, which requires local planning authorities to notify neighbours regarding planning applications either by site notice or letter, and to publish information ...