Written questions

Wind Power: Development Consent Orders

Commons · Question 1564 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 22 May 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the economic impact of the extension to the deadline for the decision on granting a Development Consent Order to the Morgan-Morecambe transmission assets.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 22 May 2026

The application for development consent was assessed in the usual way against all relevant planning considerations. An extension to the deadline for deciding the application was announced on 14 May by written ministerial statement to Parliament. It would ...