VoteClimate: Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects - 15th November 2023

Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects - 15th November 2023

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-11-15/debates/23111541000007/EnergyInfrastructurePlanningProjects

Graham Stuart (Conservative)

This statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park Ltd for development consent for the North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park project, located in Flixborough, Scunthorpe.

Under section 107(1)(b) of the Planning Act 2008, the Secretary of State must make a decision on an application within three months of the receipt of the Examining Authority’s report, unless exercising the power under section 107(3) of the Act to set a new deadline. Where a new deadline is set, the Secretary of State must make a statement to Parliament to announce it. The current statutory deadline for the decision on the North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park project is 15 November 2023.

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