Energy and Infrastructure Consenting Notes is where you will find updates, commentary and useful summaries on the planning aspects of major energy and infrastructure projects in the UK. This blog will include also regular updates on what we consider to be the most interesting and topical developments from the previous month within the development consent order regime under the Planning Act 2008, together with our opinions on key issues that matter to our clients
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Project Nutcracker: Avoiding more kittiwake hotels and bat sheds
European Union, United Kingdom - April 23 2025 Strategic compensation for offshore wind - sticking with the rules In January, the Government brought out Interim Guidance on how strategic…
Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduces the first of the Government's reforms to judicial review of NSIPs
United Kingdom - March 13 2025 The Government's hotly anticipated Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PI Bill) was published on 11 March 2025 and contains a host of measures that the…
Project Nutcracker: Tidying up not speeding up: Infrastructure planning reform loses sight of the exam question
United Kingdom - February 10 2025 The Government's rhetoric on reforming the planning system reaches ever-greater heights, but last week we got a glimpse of what they are actually…
Project Nutcracker: Wishful thinking by Government on "strategic compensation" proposals and Nature Recovery Fund
United Kingdom - January 23 2025 In my recent Nutcracker "Bat shed crazy: can Starmer really bulldoze the environmental blockers to growth?" I explained why the Habitats Regulations…
Project Nutcracker: Bat shed crazy - can Starmer really bulldoze the environmental blockers to growth?
European Union, United Kingdom - December 18 2024 If Donald Trump and Keir Starmer are looking for a topic of conversation to bond over when they next speak, I have one for them: the regulatory…
Project Nutcracker: No silver bullets found by the Banner Review into judicial reviews of NSIPs... and why it's no surprise
European Union, United Kingdom - November 28 2024 In my May 2024 article "Why reforming judicial review is such a challenge" I predicted that Lord Banner KC, commissioned by the last Government to…
Project Nutcracker: A "hack" for Ed Miliband if he wants to win the global race for small modular reactors
United Kingdom - October 16 2024 This article is the fifth of my Project Nutcracker series which examines ways to speed up the consenting of UK infrastructure. Normally my focus is…
Project Nutcracker: Make NSIP thresholds flexible if you want growth
United Kingdom - October 2 2024 This article is the fourth in my Project Nutcracker series which examines ways to speed up the consenting of UK infrastructure. Here I make the case…
Proposed reforms to the NPPF - consultation closes in one week
United Kingdom - September 16 2024 The government published the consultation "Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system" on 30…
Recent solar DCO decisions
United Kingdom - July 31 2024 In his first week in office, the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (SoS) granted development consent for three nationally…
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