Response 3541033

Response to request for information

Reference

3541033

Response date

16 August 2024

Request

I would like to request the following information regarding staff and councillor training development and education regarding the relatively new industrial technologies listed below that are now coming before them for planning approval.

In particular can you tell me:

By each and every named councillor and all named Rushcliffe planning officials who has or has not had training in the last seven years regarding

1. the specific risks to the public and other services posed by the different chemistries involved in grid scale lithium battery energy storage systems, (BESS) inverters and solar panels of different chemical composition.
2. The most recent government, planning, fire service and nature conservation guidance and laws regarding grid scale lithium battery energy storage systems, (BESS) inverters and solar panels of different chemical composition.
3. the lifecycle of grid scale lithium battery energy storage systems, (BESS) inverters and solar panels.
4. how often grid scale lithium battery energy storage systems, (BESS) inverters and solar panels are changed and why
5. the extent to which grid scale lithium battery energy storage systems, (BESS) inverters and solar panels can be recycled, at what costs and where and the transportation /carbon impacts.

Where training has been delivered please be specific as to the titles of the training delivered to each named employee or councillor and by which named person or organisation, on which dates for what duration per named person please.

Response

There have been no specific, detailed training in relation to each of the queries that you refer to for Councillors or Planning Officers within the timeframe you state. There is an annual, overall planning training for Councillors on Planning Committee and Planning Officers regularly attend training events where applicable.