{"value":{"id":1846769,"memberId":1603,"member":null,"memberRole":"Lord in Waiting (Government Whip)","uin":"HLWS1008","dateMade":"2025-10-30T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":215,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Energy Security and Net Zero","title":"Energy Infrastructure Planning Projects","text":"<p>My hon. Friend the Minister for Energy Consumers (Martin McCluskey) made the following Statement today:</p><p>This Statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by H2 Teesside Limited for the construction and operation of a blue hydrogen production facility situated in Teesside.</p><p>Under section 107(1) of the Planning Act 2008, the Secretary of State must make a decision on an application within three months of the receipt of the Examining Authority’s report unless exercising the power under section 107(3) of the Act to set a new deadline. Where a new deadline is set, the Secretary of State must make a Statement to Parliament to announce it.</p><p>The statutory deadline for the decision on the H2Teesside application was 30 October 2025.</p><p>The Secretary of State has decided to allow an extension and to set a new deadline of 4<sup>th</sup> December 2025. This is to allow time to consider the information further.</p><p>The decision to set the new deadline for this application is without prejudice to the decision on whether to grant or refuse development consent.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1846765,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2025-10-30T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1846769","method":"GET"}]}