PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Electric Cables (4 November 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with the National Energy System Operator on pylon presumption.
Asked by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative)
Asked by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative)
Answer
Details of Ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
The National Policy Statement for electricity networks (NPS EN-5) sets out that overhead lines should be the strong starting presumption for electricity networks developments in general, except in nationally designated landscapes where undergrounding is the starting presumption.
Answered by:
Michael Shanks (Labour)
11 November 2024
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