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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of calls for a moratorium on planning approvals for data centres and battery energy storage systems outside designated AI Growth Zones.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of calls for a moratorium on planning approvals for data centres and battery energy storage systems outside designated AI Growth Zones.
Government has no plans to introduce a moratorium on data centres and battery storage systems. Data centres and battery energy storage systems, whether located inside or outside AI Growth Zones, are subject to established planning and regulatory requirements. Decision-makers must consider relevant impacts, including those on the environment, heritage, landscapes, ecology, agricultural land and local communities. Planning applications are generally determined by local planning authorities, while particularly large data infrastructure projects may enter the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects regime. These arrangements allow proposals to be assessed on their individual merits and development consent to be refused where significant adverse impacts cannot be appropriately managed or mitigated.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cumulative impact (1) fire risk, (2) water use, (3) noise, and (4) landscape impacts, where an AI data centre and a battery energy storage system are proposed on the same or adjacent sites.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cumulative impact (1) fire risk, (2) water use, (3) noise, and (4) landscape impacts, where an AI data centre and a battery energy storage system are proposed on the same or adjacent sites.
The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is clear that development proposals should be appropriate for their location, taking into account the likely effects (including cumulative effects) of pollution on health, living conditions and the natural environment, whether these effects are on or off-site. Proposals should not give rise to, or contribute to, unacceptable levels of noise, water, or other forms of pollution on or beyond the site. Development proposals should also consider the environmental qualities of land proposed for development, including landscape character and the natural beauty of the countryside, and identify opportunities for those qualities to be conserved or enhanced.
Furthermore, the NPPF is also clear that development proposals should anticipate and address possible malicious threats and other hazards (whether natural or man-made) in relation to uses which could pose a potential hazard to the surrounding area. Planning Practice Guidance also encourages developers and local planning authorities to engage with their local Fire and Rescue Services early on to identify potential mitigations in the event of an incident, and have these views taken into account during determination of the application.
Similarly, data centres that are consented via the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects regime will be bound by the relevant national planning policy and environmental protections. The Government is preparing a new National Policy Statement for data centres which, once designated, will set out the relevant national policy framework for decision-making on data centre projects that proceed through the regime.
The application of these various policies will be case-specific, and it is for decision-makers to assess in the first instance what impact an AI data centre or battery storage facility may have.
To ask His Majesty's Government what protections apply to (1) landscapes, (2) farmland, and (3) UNESCO biosphere reserves, when a hyperscale AI data centre and battery storage development is proposed to be located within them.
To ask His Majesty's Government what protections apply to (1) landscapes, (2) farmland, and (3) UNESCO biosphere reserves, when a hyperscale AI data centre and battery storage development is proposed to be located within them.
Whichever consenting route is used – NSIP regime or Town and Country Planning regime, data centre proposals must comply with the relevant national planning policy and environmental protections, including those relating to landscape character, agricultural land, protected habitats and designated site.
For proposals considered through the TCPA regime, the National Planning Policy Framework is clear that development proposals should conserve and enhance landscape character, including placing substantial weight on the statutory purposes of Protected Landscapes, and take into account the quality of agricultural land. The National Planning Policy Framework also sets out specific provisions concerning the protection of designated sites, including Sites of Specific Scientific Interest.
The Government is also preparing a new National Policy Statement for data centres. Once designated, this will set out the relevant national policy framework for decision-making on data centre projects that proceed through the NSIP regime.
To ask His Majesty's Government how much money was spent from the Faraday Battery Challenge Fund; what key lessons have been learned from the programme; and which battery technologies developed with support from the programme are now in successful deployment.
To ask His Majesty's Government how much money was spent from the Faraday Battery Challenge Fund; what key lessons have been learned from the programme; and which battery technologies developed with support from the programme are now in successful deployment.
The Faraday Battery Challenge (2017-2025) was supported by £610 million of Government funding and helped establish the UK as a global leader in battery research, innovation and scale-up. It supported over 118 battery projects and helped unlock more than £800 million of follow-on private investment, with around 80% of projects led by SMEs. Supported technologies include advanced anodes, solid-state batteries and battery recycling. Key lessons include the need to link research, innovation and industrialisation to accelerate commercialisation. Its successor, the Battery Innovation Programme, will build on this legacy with £452 million in funding to 2030.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the minimum safe permitted distance between residential and office buildings and (1) high voltage transmission wires, and (2) electrical equipment such as battery energy storage units.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the minimum safe permitted distance between residential and office buildings and (1) high voltage transmission wires, and (2) electrical equipment such as battery energy storage units.
Government does not prescribe a minimum separation between occupied buildings, such as homes and offices, and electricity transmission lines or battery energy storage units. However, for battery energy storage units Planning Practice Guidance advises applicants and planning authorities to consider National Fire Chiefs Council guidance, which recommends an initial 30-metre distance before mitigations are considered. For electricity transmission lines appropriate separation distances are determined on a case-by-case basis through compliance with applicable safety requirements, relevant planning and consenting considerations, and site-specific assessments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to address the fire risk posed by batteries and other combustible items in landfill sites during periods of extreme heat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to address the fire risk posed by batteries and other combustible items in landfill sites during periods of extreme heat.
Landfill operators are required to have a fire risk management plan and have measures to prevent the receipt of hot or reactive waste.
This Government is engaging with stakeholders to inform a review of the UK Batteries Regulations and other potential interventions to address incorrect disposal into residual waste.
Lords motion to approve. Amendment to regret debated and withdrawn. Original motion agreed to on question.
Lords motion to approve. Amendment to regret debated and withdrawn. Original motion agreed to on question.
My Lords, in 2023, the European Union replaced its 2006 batteries directive with a new batteries regulation. This updated placing on the market requirements, covering design specifications
for batteries and requirements relating to information and labelling. These requirements, designed to support the environmental and safety performance of batteries, relate to...
My Lords, in 2023, the European Union replaced its 2006 batteries directive with a new batteries regulation. This updated placing on the market requirements, covering design specifications
for batteries and requirements relating to information and labelling. These requirements, designed to support the environmental and safety performance of batteries, relate to...
Moved by
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
Moved by
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
My Lords, I will speak to the amendment in my name and make four main points.
First, these regulations provide a graphic demonstration of the humiliating nature of the Windsor Framework. The substantive legislation which they enforce is EU Regulation 2023/1542. This legislation took effect in Northern Ireland automatically on 17...
My Lords, I will speak to the amendment in my name and make four main points.
First, these regulations provide a graphic demonstration of the humiliating nature of the Windsor Framework. The substantive legislation which they enforce is EU Regulation 2023/1542. This legislation took effect in Northern Ireland automatically on 17...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McCrea, for moving this amendment so that we can again debate this crucial constitutional matter. I have every sympathy with the points he made, because what we face again here is legislation by sleight of hand. We are in fact approving comprehensive...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McCrea, for moving this amendment so that we can again debate this crucial constitutional matter. I have every sympathy with the points he made, because what we face again here is legislation by sleight of hand. We are in fact approving comprehensive...
My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord McCrea. The Government present the regulations as a technical measure concerned with the placing of batteries on the market. However, like so many regulations flowing from the post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland, they raise issues that...
My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord McCrea. The Government present the regulations as a technical measure concerned with the placing of batteries on the market. However, like so many regulations flowing from the post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland, they raise issues that...
My Lords, I will speak against the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord McCrea, although I understand the tenacity with which this point is being put on a very regular basis and how sincerely he feels about these issues. I also understand, having listened repeatedly to these points being raised,...
My Lords, I will speak against the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord McCrea, although I understand the tenacity with which this point is being put on a very regular basis and how sincerely he feels about these issues. I also understand, having listened repeatedly to these points being raised,...
My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate and to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, who made some very interesting points—some of which I do not agree with, but that is politics.
It is quite clear that there is a UK conformity assessment in this legislation. It...
My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate and to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman, who made some very interesting points—some of which I do not agree with, but that is politics.
It is quite clear that there is a UK conformity assessment in this legislation. It...
My Lords, I am pleased to have the opportunity to support the noble Lord, Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown. Surprisingly, I find myself in agreement with the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman of Darlington, who made a number of very fair points. Incidentally, it would be good to see her...
My Lords, I am pleased to have the opportunity to support the noble Lord, Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown. Surprisingly, I find myself in agreement with the noble Baroness, Lady Chapman of Darlington, who made a number of very fair points. Incidentally, it would be good to see her...
My Lords, I welcome the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord McCrea. Although a casual observer might think we are simply debating technical standards for consumer electronics or even industrial machinery, anyone with an eye for the integrity of our United Kingdom knows that we are doing something far more...
My Lords, I welcome the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord McCrea. Although a casual observer might think we are simply debating technical standards for consumer electronics or even industrial machinery, anyone with an eye for the integrity of our United Kingdom knows that we are doing something far more...
Before the Recess we had tumble dryers, last week we had seed potatoes and this week we have batteries. I support the process. I think it is right that every Member of this House should have the right to seek a proper debate on all the statutory instruments that come...
Before the Recess we had tumble dryers, last week we had seed potatoes and this week we have batteries. I support the process. I think it is right that every Member of this House should have the right to seek a proper debate on all the statutory instruments that come...
My Lords, I support the regret amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord McCrea. One must acknowledge that there is a slight Groundhog Day feel to this debate—the third in three weeks—and that the points we have made this evening have already been made many times on the previous two...
My Lords, I support the regret amendment tabled by the noble Lord, Lord McCrea. One must acknowledge that there is a slight Groundhog Day feel to this debate—the third in three weeks—and that the points we have made this evening have already been made many times on the previous two...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing forward these regulations and being present to hear the concerns of noble Lords; I look forward to her response. Once again, I found the arguments of the noble Lords from Northern Ireland and my noble friends on the constitutional difficulties of these...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing forward these regulations and being present to hear the concerns of noble Lords; I look forward to her response. Once again, I found the arguments of the noble Lords from Northern Ireland and my noble friends on the constitutional difficulties of these...
My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. It is important to clarify what the instrument does and does not do. It does not introduce new policy nor impose any significant new regulatory burdens on businesses. It ensures the obligations that are already in force in...
My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate. It is important to clarify what the instrument does and does not do. It does not introduce new policy nor impose any significant new regulatory burdens on businesses. It ensures the obligations that are already in force in...