Environmental Campaigners Congratulate Andy Reed MP Over Climate Change Stance

The Sustainable Energy Partnership, whose members include all the major environmental organisations, today congratulated local MP, Andrew Reed, for signing House of Commons Early Day Motion No 801. The Motion calls for permitted development status to be given to micro installation of renewable energy devices by individual householders. This would avoid the hassle and cost of having to obtain planning permission – thus encouraging more people to invest in micro energy systems.

At a time when emissions of CO2 are rising and the government is not on track to meet its targets micro-generation is ‘the new kid on the block’- it would help reduce fuel bills, emissions of CO2 and it will also engage consumers in averting climate change – the greatest issue facing the world.

Partnership Organiser Ron Bailey said:

“Climate Change sometimes seems so big an issue that there is little that individual consumers can do: but the installation of micro generation units is a step that many people can take. Giving such installations permitted development status will remove hurdles and cut costs.

“We therefore congratulate Andrew Reed MP for being in the forefront of current moves to promote micro-generation to reduce climate change.”

Further Information from:
Ron Bailey, Partnership Organiser 07951 761229

Note to editor
House of Commons Early Day Motion No 801 reads: “That this House welcomes the Small Scale Renewable Energy Developments (Permitted Development) Bill introduced into the House by a cross-party group of honourable Members; notes that the Bill will grant permitted development status to such developments and therefore enable people to install them far more easily; notes too that the Bill promotes safeguards to ensure that visual, environmental and noise effects of such developments will be minimal; and believes that microgeneration is an exciting new way of combating climate change and of engaging people in achieving this objective.”