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NSIP Consenting Reform Consultation 2025: Pre‑application Engagement, Acceptance Quality Guidance, Statutory Body KPIs, Compulsory Acquisition Regulations 2010 Change Requests, and Fast‑track Services

Published on: 15 September 2025

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On 1 September 2025 the government published a consultation inviting further views on streamlining the infrastructure planning system. It builds on earlier reform efforts, including the NSIP Action Plan (February 2023), the Planning Reform Working Paper (February 2025), and the Planning and Infrastructure Bill (PIB). The paper reflects on recent successes and shortcomings, and puts forward broad changes across each stage of NSIP consenting. Together, the proposals are intended to support the government’s objective of consenting 150 infrastructure projects during this term. There is a great deal for stakeholders to consider, and developers in particular should watch for key updates on topics highlighted in this article.

Pre-application consultation

A notable NSIP change is the PIB’s removal of the statutory pre-application consultation requirement (the Bill is still before Parliament). Nevertheless, developers are expected to continue engaging with stakeholders, and this consultation seeks views on what guidance should look like. It emphasises flexibility and proportionality, while asking whether guidance ought to be more or less prescriptive about engagement. Quite rightly, it also draws attention to timing—too early limits feedback, too late reduces opportunities to engage. With the preliminary environmental report removed as well (also via the PIB), in this paper for consideration...

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