Batteries: Storage
Commons · Question 1352 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 May 2026
Question
Asked by Charlotte Cane
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration her Department has given to including Battery Energy Storage Sites within the Environmental Permitting Regulations.
Answer
Answered by Emma Hardy, 19 May 2026
We are committed to including Battery Energy Storage Solutions as an activity in the Environmental Permitting Regulations, subject to final policy review.