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Recommendation 35
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Develop a plan to ensure planning authorities are resourced for timely energy infrastructure applications.
Recommendation
We recommend that the Government develop a plan to ensure that planning authorities, are sufficiently well resourced, in terms of personnel and expertise, to support the timely determination of planning applications for energy infrastructure and facilities. 48 Enabling sustainable electrification of the economy Ministers should expedite the delivery of a training programme designed to provide the necessary skills which will support well-considered and timely consideration of planning applications for electricity infrastructure.
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Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 31 December 2024. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗