All new housing developments should have to consider community energy projects is part of an amendment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill being put to a vote in the House of Lords. He believes this would “place community energy at the heart of our planning and energy future”. The amendment seeks to ensure planning authorities “consider, wherever possible, how new developments can incorporate community energy”. Last week, Energy Saving Trust published a paper discussing the barriers to developing community energy projects. Through the local power plan, community energy projects will be empowered, bringing real and tangible benefits to their local areas,” she said.