The Planning Database Project aims to provide the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), with regular data with which to track the progress towards achieving the European Union targets for electricity generation from renewable energy sources. These data are now made publicly available via this web site.
The monitoring programme (undertaken by Entec and Imass under contract to BERR - contract ref. K/PL/00353/00/00) collects information from local planning authorities and renewable energy developers on the status of all renewable energy projects at each stage of the planning process - from intended applications through to construction and commissioning. Details on key planning and environmental issues are also recorded. All local planning authorities in the UK are contacted once every three months, along with a minimum of 50 renewable energy developers.
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Information gathered includes:
- the name, location and generation capacity of renewable energy projects over 0.01MW;
- any environmental designations applying to development sites e.g. AONB, National Park, SSSI, SPA etc;
- the planning status of projects - in terms of whether applications have been submitted, approved, refused or are at appeal etc;
- the construction status of any approved projects.
PROJECT PROFILE NO RPP247
Planning, Monitoring and Review of Renewable Energy Projects (22kB)  |
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