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 applicat...

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. Type: recommendation | Number: 35 | Paragraph: 130 | Response status: accepted Government response: Local authorities play a key and vital role in the Development Consent Order process for energy projects of national significance. There is no specific funding for local authorities to engage with Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP), which can demand extensive consideration of loca