Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects: Difference between revisions

Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) are large scale developments (relating to energy, transport, water, or waste) which require a type of consent known as “development consent”. The Planning Act 2008 introduced a new development consent process for NSIPs which was subsequently amended by the Localism Act 2011.  A [[Development Consent Order]] (DCO) automatically removes the need to obtain several separate consents, including [[planning permission]] and is designed to be a much quicker process than applying for these separately. An extension of the regime in 2013 now allows certain business and commercial projects to opt into this process <ref>House of Commons, 2019. [https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06881/SN06881.pdf Planning for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Briefing Paper Number 06881, 17 July 2017.</ref>.