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ARTICLE · 23 OCTOBER 2012

Development Consent Orders - Project Update

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In general, applications to the Planning Inspectorate for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) are on the increase, with 21 having been made since the regime came into force in March 2010.

United KingdomGovernment, Public Sector
Angus Walker
Angus Walker

In general, applications to the Planning Inspectorate for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) are on the increase, with 21 having been made since the regime came into force in March 2010.

...But approval is still slow

At the time of writing, however, only two projects have emerged from the regime: Network Rail's Ipswich Rail Chord scheme and Network Rail's North Doncaster Chord scheme. The first project to receive consent, an energy from waste project in Bedfordshire, is currently having to undergo an additional process in Parliament. This process, 'Special Parliamentary Procedure' will take more than a year, although the recently published Growth and Infrastructure Bill proposes to substantially reduce the circumstances where it is engaged.

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