Today's entry reports on further delays to the National
Networks National Policy Statement.
The suite of National Policy Statements (NPSs) forms the basis
for the declaration of need and for the assessment of impacts of
the nationally significant infrastructure projects covered by the
Planning Act 2008.
The Act covers 16 types of project, and so far there are NPSs in
place for 10 of these - six covering the eight types of energy
project, one for ports and one for waste water. For a table of
the correspondence between NPSs and projects, see
this blog entry. There is a further NPS in draft that
will cover hazardous waste projects. The remaining six types
of project are highways, railways, strategic rail freight
interchanges (SRFIs), airports, water transfer and
dams/reservoirs.
