Today's entry looks at the current progress of the applications
that have been made under the Planning Act 2008 to date.
As of today, 21 applications have been made under the Planning
Act regime since it first became possible on 1 March 2010, over 31
months ago. The application rate is thus still less than one
a month. On 3 July I published a chart of
applications and their progress - here is the equivalent chart just
over three months later (again, if you'd like a larger image,
let me know):
Of the 21 applications, two have reached a decision - both
positive - but the first has been undergoing Special Parliamentary
Procedure for nearly a year. Back on 13 October 2011, the
Infrastructure Planning Commission made its one and only decision,
to grant consent for the Rookery South energy from waste project
under section 114 of the Planning Act. But that application
is now stuck under section 128 of the Act. The other
application to have reached a
