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Agriculture: Land Use

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN HL142, tabled on 18 July 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the approval of the Sunnica, Gate Burton and Mallard Pass solar farms on food production.

Answered on

14 August 2024

The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero assessed the solar farms’ impact on agricultural land in each of his relevant Decision Letters. These Decision Letters are publicly available on the Planning Inspectorate’s website.