Further written evidence reported to the House
Planning Bill
9:30 am
Hugh Ellis: Unified planning consent is an enabling measure, but we think that issues around public involvement and the absence of particular duties on the commission on climate change are difficulties. In other words, the picture about what the Bill delivers on renewable energy is difficult. For example, one of the most specific measures that we could take would be to place a duty on the IPC to properly implement the provisions of the Climate Change Bill and to consider climate change properly. That is not in the Bill, but it seems to us that it would be a positive way of ensuring that the IPC dealt with climate change properly and, therefore, facilitated renewable energy.