§ Mr. PicklesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he intends to issue planning guidance on land use planning and electromagnetic fields. [77083]
§ Mr. RaynsfordMy Department issued in December 1998 for consultation the draft of a circular prepared jointly with the Department of Health on land use planning and electromagnetic fields (EMFs). The circular provides advice to local planning authorities in drawing up development plan policies or deciding planning applications for development giving rise to EMFs or for development proposed in the vicinity of existing sources of EMFs. A copy of the consultation package has been placed in the Library. Responses were invited by 19 February 1999. We are currently considering the responses received.