Government must set statutory timescales for non-NSIP projects, says planning expert

The government must find parliamentary time to legislate for projects, which are no longer considered nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs), to have statutory timescales, a planning expert has told NCE. The post Government must set statutory timescales for non-NSIP projects, says planning expert appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Need for ‘whistleblowing and oversight body for NSIPs’ debated in the Lords

An independent body to enable whistleblowers to come forward with concerns about nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) has been proposed by a Liberal Democrat peer. The post Need for ‘whistleblowing and oversight body for NSIPs’ debated in the Lords appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Recommendations to streamline major infrastructure consenting published

Recommendations for speeding up consenting of nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) by dealing swiftly with legal challenges have been delivered by the government-appointed independent review. The post Recommendations to streamline major infrastructure consenting published appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Planning Inspectorate updates on early adopters programme for nationally significant infrastructure projects

The Planning Inspectorate has shared a series of updates on its early adopters programme (EAP) targeted at nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs), six months after it launched the programme. The post Planning Inspectorate updates on early adopters programme for nationally significant infrastructure projects appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Government must go further on NSIP reforms, RPTI warns

Proposed reforms to the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) process in England have been praised by the RPTI- but will procedural action be enough? The post Government must go further on NSIP reforms, RPTI warns appeared first on Planning, Building & Construction Today.

ICE - Blog - How does Project Consenting impact Infrastructure delivery, 06102022

The University of the West of England (UWE) in partnership with the University of Sheffield are currently carrying out research on how Planning Consent can be efficiently processed for significant / critical Infrastructure schemes and have a positive impact on project implementation Early findings are noted