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Planning (Solar Power Generation) Bill
Planning (Solar Power Generation) Bill is currently listed at 2nd reading in the House of Commons.
Current position
- Latest completed stage
- 1st reading17 Jun 2026
- Next stage
- 2nd reading
- House
- House of Commons
- Bill type
- Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)
- Last updated
- 18 Jun 2026
- Proposer / sponsor
- Victoria Atkins Proposer / sponsor · Conservative · House of Commons Prepared for future MP profile links
What this bill is about
The Planning (Solar Power Generation) Bill would seek to make changes to how planning permission and development consent are granted for solar power generation on agricultural land, together with other related matters. The bill’s long title indicates its scope is focused on granting permission and consent for solar installations on agricultural land. However, no official bill text or explanatory notes were available in the material provided here, so the exact policy details cannot be confirmed from the sources accessed for this draft.
What it would do
- Would seek to make provision about granting planning permission for solar power generation on agricultural land.
- Would seek to make provision about granting development consent for solar power generation on agricultural land.
- Would include “connected purposes”, but the specific connected changes are not available in the provided documents.
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1st reading 17 Jun 2026 · House of Commons
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