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Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill

I mentioned earlier potential confusion in the planning system. As my right hon. Friend knows, district councils have extensive planning powers, and they may or may not have regard to encouraging microgeneration schemes in their plans. Once those plans are decided and approved by regional assemblies or the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, they are set in stone. However, an energy measures report could then come along suggesting a different tack. On what basis will appeals against the applications that planners will make be determined?