Department for Energy Security and Net Zero written question – answered at on 1 August 2024.
Andrew Bowie
Shadow Minister (Veterans), Shadow Minister (Energy Security and Net Zero)
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a presumption in favour of offshoring energy infrastructure where agricultural land would be affected by overhead cables or undergrounding.
Michael Shanks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The energy National Policy Statements (NPS) require developers to minimise impacts on agricultural land and preferably use land in areas of poorer quality. The NPS sets out a starting presumption for overhead lines in most cases and identifies when undergrounding or subsea cables should be considered.
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
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