{"value":{"id":1868024,"askingMemberId":4474,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-01-05T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-01-07T00:00:00","uin":"102809","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance his Department has issued on the decommissioning of large-scale solar installations at the end of their operational life.","answeringBodyId":215,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Energy Security and Net Zero","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4998,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-01-13T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The department has not published any separate guidance on the decommissioning of solar farms.</p><p> </p><p>However, as set out in the Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1) and the National Policy Statement for Renewable Energy (EN-3), developers must set out in their planning applications arrangements for decommissioning projects. It is typically a condition of planning consent that the site should be returned to its previous use after decommissioning.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Solar Power: Decommissioning","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1868024","method":"GET"}]}