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date	15/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to update planning laws to support an increase in the contribution of wind, solar and other renewable energy sources to the energy security of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	140589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>National planning policy is clear local authorities should support transition to a low-carbon future, including having a positive strategy in place to promote energy from renewable and low carbon sources.</p><p>As set out in Net Zero Strategy, we intend to review the National Planning Policy Framework to make sure it contributes to climate change mitigation as fully as possible, and help bring greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 18/03/2022 14:54:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1440785

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Railways: Radlett
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2022 to Question 133334, and notwithstanding the fact the St Albans District Council is developing a local plan, if his Department will hold discussions with Hertfordshire County Council on the potential merits of disposal of the land that the County Council owns at Radlett being developed to support the delivery of community initiatives or facilitate local regeneration, instead of the construction of a Strategic Rail Freight Interchange which was approved by the Secretary of State for Housing in 2014 as a strategic infrastructure project, and cannot therefore be included in the local plan for any other purpose.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	139568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2022 answer text <p>Due to the Secretary of State’s quasi-judicial role in the planning system, it would not be appropriate for me to hold a meeting with Hertfordshire County Council to discuss the details of this specific site, particularly when a local plan is currently being prepared for that area.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/03/2022 17:36:36 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1440895

registered interest
date	14/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Land Use
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to protect Grade 1 land from housing and solar developments to preserve land for the production of food; and what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	139629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2022 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that planning policies and decisions should recognise the benefits of the best and most versatile agricultural land and that where significant development is demonstrated to be necessary, areas of poorer quality land should be preferred to those of higher quality. This requirement would apply to both housing and solar developments. The Framework is also clear that local authorities should encourage efficient use of land and acknowledges the importance of undeveloped land for food production.</p><p>In the case of solar, guidance sets an expectation that large-scale solar farms are sites on previously developed and non-agricultural land, provided it is not of high environmental value. Where projects are proposed on greenfield sites, our guidance seeks to minimise the impacts and requires developers to justify the use of any such land. Our guidance also requires that projects are designed to avoid, mitigate and, where necessary, compensate for impacts on the best and most versatile agricultural land.</p><p>These aspects of planning policy are devolved in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 17/03/2022 17:37:56 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1440203

registered interest
date	11/03/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	National House Building Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent public body with responsibility for building warranty, building site inspection and the other functions of the National House Building Council (NHBC) and other warranty providers in the context of recent reports that the National House Building Council approved combustible materials without scrutinising them.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	138357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2022 answer text <p>With a view to giving home buyers greater protection, we are considering carefully whether specific requirements around new build warranties are needed.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 16/03/2022 17:41:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana