§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list all actions taken by his Department since 1979 to encourage the inclusion of energy conservation policies in structure plans;
(2) whether his Department requires discussion of energy conservation policies to be included in structure plans;
(3) whether his Department requires discussion of energy conservation measures within the explanatory memoranda attached to structure plans.
§ Mr. Michael Spicer[holding answer 8 January 1990]: The memorandum attached to DOE circular 22/84 consolidated earlier advice on plan preparation, and remains the main source of guidance to local planning authorities on the content of structure plans. County planning authorities are required to have regard to current national and regional policies and to set out in the explanatory memorandum the relationship between these and the development and land use policies for the area (para 4.7). The explanatory memorandum accompanying structure plan proposals should include an indication of assumptions made about the resources likely to be available for carrying out the policies amd proposals formulated. It should
have particular regard to the conservation of resources such as land and energy(para 4.9).
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) which counties(a) do and (b) do not include explicit discussion of energy conservation in the explanatory memoranda attached to their structure plans;
(2) which counties (a) do and (b) do not include explicit energy conservation policies in their structure plans.
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§ Mr. Michael Spicer[holding answer 8 January 1990]: The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.