§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 17 December 2001,Official Report, column 20W, on satellite television dishes, if he will make a statement on the process by which he will review planning regulations relating to satellite terminals to determine how current rules could be relaxed to facilitate broadband deployment; and when he plans to announce the result of the review. [33387]
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§ Ms KeebleAs indicated in our Broadband Strategy, published on 3 December 2001, we shall review planning regulations relating to satellite terminals to determine how current rules could be relaxed to facilitate broadband deployment, while continuing to minimise the environmental and visual impact of residential satellite terminals.
We are currently considering the process by which the review will be taken forward.