Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will issue guidance on a reasonable timeframe for the (a) construction and (b) completion of an energy recovery facility with a capacity of 350,000 tonnes per year following the granting of planning permission.

All full planning permissions for development, including waste to energy development, are required to be commenced within three years of the grant of permission (unless the local planning authority sets a different time period.)

Further guidance on this commencement condition can be found in the Use of Planning Conditions section of my Department's Planning Practice Guidance.

My Department does not publish guidance on the reasonable timeframe for the completion of developments.