Current status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 13 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what policies it has in place to ensure that developers adhere to decommissioning plans when battery energy storage systems reach the end of their lifespan.
National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4) at Policy 11 (Energy) ensures that consideration is given to the decommissioning of developments and site restoration, as well as to the quality of site restoration plans. This includes the measures in place to safeguard or guarantee availability of finance to effectively implement those plans. The enforcement of such matters is a matter for the relevant local authority.