§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to the reply, 17 October 2002,Official Report, c. 891W, on wind farms, when she expects the UK windspeed database to be available on the departmental website; and whether her Department is collaborating with the ODPM in respect of brownfield site availability. [77384]
§ Mr. WilsonThe UK windspeed database has now been made available on the DTI website at http://www.dti.gov.uk/renewable/windspeed/online.html
My officials are collaborating with the ODPM on revisions to planning policy guidelines concerning renewable energy projects. The final planning policy statement should be made available in the first half of 2003 and will apply to all areas of England, including brownfield sites.
Information on brownfield site availability in England by region is contained in the ODPM Statistical Release BF-2002 of 12 September 2002, which is on the ODPM and National Land Use Database websites.
Planning Policy Wales (March 2002) encourages brownfield development wherever feasible. The Wales Planning Research Programme 2002–03 proposes further research on brownfield land following the completion of an earlier project, "A Feasibility Study to Establish a System for Monitoring the Supply and re-use of Previously Developed Land".