Batteries: Storage
Commons · Question 83177 · Tabled 17 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Cane
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77318 on Batteries: Storage, for what reason he does not plan to make fire services statutory consultees on planning applications involvi
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 27 Oct 2025
Planning Practice Guidance strongly recommends that battery developers engage with fire services ahead of the submission of their planning application. However, further to dialogue with the National Fire Chiefs Council, government is of the view that maki...