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Thames Gateway Development

Volume 454: debated on Thursday 14 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will commission research on the impact of overhead power lines on development in the Thames Gateway in line with the recommendations of the Thames Gateway evidence review published by her Department in November. (105533)

The impact of overhead power lines on development in the Thames Gateway is a matter that needs to be considered site by site, in accordance with planning policies. This is the approach already being taken by local authorities in the Gateway.