The Government has made clear in national planning policy that our planning system should support the transition to a low-carbon future, including supporting renewable and low carbon energy and associated infrastructure. We expect that local planning authorities should approve applications for renewable and low carbon energy generation if the impacts of those developments are or can be made acceptable. There is no absolute presumption against onshore wind energy, but the National Planning Policy Framework expects any proposed wind energy development to be located in an area identified as suitable in the local plan, and to demonstrate it has the backing of the community.<\/p>
We announced in the British Energy Security Strategy that we won't introduce wholesale changes to planning regulations for onshore wind at this stage. However, we committed to develop local partnerships that will enable supportive communities to host new onshore wind infrastructure and enjoy the benefits of doing so. These will seek to enable the deployment of onshore wind in England where there is clear community consent. The detail of these partnerships will be set out in a consultation later this year.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4652", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lee Rowley"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North East Derbyshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lee Rowley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-09-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-09-23T08:14:21.463Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "211"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Levelling Up, Housing and Communities"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Levelling Up, Housing and Communities"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-09-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Wind Power: Planning Permission"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2022 and to Written Statement HCWS294 of 8 September 2022, if he will urgently review the inclusion of footnote 54 on the National Planning Policy Framework regarding the presumption against onshore wind energy development applications.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4769", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Daisy Cooper"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "St Albans"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Daisy Cooper"} ], "uin" : "49788"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1197529", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1197529/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Home Office takes the wellbeing of asylum seekers extremely seriously and has already put in place a range of measures to support asylum seekers affected by the covid-19 outbreak. In line with the Home Office\u2019s commitment to protect the health and wellbeing of its staff and customers as a top priority, Asylum Operations made the decision to cease face to face substantive asylum interviews with effect from Thursday 19th<\/sup> March 2020.<\/p> <\/p> This meant that a small number of interviews were cancelled, and no interviews have been scheduled since this date. It is not possible to say how many interviews would have taken place had the pandemic not occurred.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Asylum Operations have secured a mobile digital and video interviewing solution to support remote interviewing and are working with delivery partners, to enable the use of this technology. We remain committed to restarting substantive asylum interviews as soon we can establish a process that allows the participants - applicants, representatives, interpreters and interviewers - to do so safely.<\/p>"}
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