Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our #infrastructure clients and contacts. This is a time to look forward to what promises to be an exciting year for the company but also back across what has been an eventful twelve months. Our highlights of 2022 include: Working on five separate Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects #NSIPs One #DCO examination completed Two rounds of #DCO hearings completed One #DCO consent secured Continued successful #DCO management

In an approach that will go some way toward aligning the infrastructure #consenting regime with the remainder of the #planning system on #BNG, HM Treasury have today confirmed: New Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects in England, such as future #transport and #energy projects, will need to provide #netgain in #biodiversity and #habitats - through an amendment to the Environment Bill. HM Treasury were responding to the #DasguptaReview but move is something that has b

#UKGov consultation started on new suite of #Energy #NationalPolicyStatements (#NPS) #EN1 to #EN5. Given our project list, we have particular company interest in EN5 "Electricity Networks Infrastructure" and tie-in with EN1 "Overarching NPS for Energy". Our Director (Chris Palmer) responded to consultation on the initial set of EN NPS many years ago, now therefore serves as a good time to reflect on how long the #PA2008 regime has been in place, what has worked well and where

#UKGov consultation started on new suite of #Energy #NationalPolicyStatements (#NPS) #EN1 to #EN5. Given our project list, we have particular company interest in EN5 "Electricity Networks Infrastructure" and tie-in with EN1 "Overarching NPS for Energy". Our Director (Chris Palmer) responded to consultation on the initial set of EN NPS many years ago, now therefore serves as a good time to reflect on how long the #PA2008 regime has been in place, what has worked well and where

In an approach that will go some way toward aligning the infrastructure #consenting regime with the remainder of the #planning system on #BNG, HM Treasury have today confirmed: New Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects in England, such as future #transport and #energy projects, will need to provide #netgain in #biodiversity and #habitats - through an amendment to the Environment Bill. HM Treasury were responding to the #DasguptaReview but move is something that has b