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Derbyniwyd: 06/03/2025

Ymatebydd: National Trust

Energy related policies – The National Trust are taking a proactive approach towards future proofing the places that we care for in terms of energy use, carbon emissions and climate resilience and adaptation. This has incorporated the installation and operation of biomass boilers and ground source heat pumps elsewhere in the Midlands.
The National Trust are supportive of renewable energy generation, given the benefits that this could deliver in respect of reducing carbon emissions and addressing climate change through the removal of the use of fossil fuels. We recognise the scale and complexity of the challenge to the nation of transitioning to renewable energy and acknowledge that any impacts upon the
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setting and significance of special places across the country will need to be considered in light of the pressing need to deliver clean energy, alongside a balance of the public benefits. Nevertheless, we believe delivering renewable energy projects sensitively with respect for the setting and significance of places is possible and all such proposals should aim to do so. We would therefore recommend that any proposal for renewable energy is assessed in the context of the special places that the National Trust care for and seek appropriate mitigation where necessary.