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NSIP reform under the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: five-year NPS updates, proportionate consultation, single DCO change process, expanded associated/deemed consents, statutory guidance powers and expedited transport approvals

Published on: 29 January 2025

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Objectives and background

The government intends to harness the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to simplify and improve the national infrastructure consenting regime, with the objective of accelerating the rollout of major economic infrastructure and boosting economic performance. In particular, it seeks to secure a ‘quicker, more predictable, and lower-cost NSIP regime’, so it can provide high-quality infrastructure and push ahead with the growth and clean power pledges in the government’s Plan for Change. The legislative measures set out in this Paper signal a move towards a more strategic, outcomes-led framework, building on reforms already advanced through the NSIP Reform Action Plan and the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023, to make consenting for major infrastructure more effective and swifter. This Paper was issued alongside HM Treasury’s 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy Working Paper, which explains the government’s intention to release a full 10 year infrastructure strategy in June 2025. These steps are intended to underpin growth, certainty and delivery while cutting delay and unnecessary cost. See: LNB News 27/01/2025 35.

National policy statements

To keep NPSs from becoming obsolete, and to shorten the time required to revise an NPS, the government proposes to use the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to introduce two...

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