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 September 10, 2024

# Planning Hub tipped to boost Scotland’s net zero ambitions

    Louise Carney  ·   1 minute read

THE Scottish Government has announced moves to enhance the nation’s planning system by utilising specialist expertise to help boost development and green energy opportunities.

The Planning Hub will support planning authorities to improve resourcing, skills and capacity to deliver planning determinations ‘promptly’. It will initially focus on improving consenting speed for hydrogen developments until March 2025.

Scotland’s public finance minister Ivan McKee visited Chapelcross in Annan, the site of a multi-million pound, net zero-focused development that includes plans for hydrogen production storage, advanced manufacturing, and energy and enterprise campuses.

He said, “Communities across Scotland benefit from a planning system that is efficient, effective and well-resourced. The Planning Hub will utilise and build capacity and skills to enable good quality development that improves places and quality of life, whilst growing our economy and supporting the transition to net zero. In the first instance, it will have a focus on hydrogen applications – a vital industry that Scotland is embracing as we diversify our energy supply.”

*Viki Bell, Director of Operations said, "At the last CEA Members Forum, we discussed securing the right energy in the right places, which ties in nicely with the Scottish Government’s new Planning Hub. The hub’s focus on improving planning for hydrogen developments aligns with the CEA manifesto’s goals of driving sustainable growth and advancing infrastructure. By building planning capacity, the hub supports our goal of delivering critical energy solutions efficiently, helping industry and communities transition towards net zero."*

Read the full story in Project Scotland 

[https://projectscot.com/2024/09/planning-hub-tipped-to-boost-scotlands-net-zero-ambitions/](https://projectscot.com/2024/09/planning-hub-tipped-to-boost-scotlands-net-zero-ambitions/) 

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