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How Will the Newly Created NISTA Accelerate Infrastructure Delivery?

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Between 2015-2025 the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) carried out an important function in assessing the UK’s long-term infrastructure needs, setting the infrastructure agenda and providing independent advice to the...more

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The Planning and Infrastructure Bill in the UK: the best of the rest and what to expect next

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As seen in the first two articles in this series considering the Bill, the government has set out a variety of changes targeted at speeding up the delivery of homes and infrastructure. But what of the other, more general...more

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Planning and Infrastructure Bill - NSIP Changes

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The infrastructure measures in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduce amendments, principally to the Planning Act 2008, that aim to make the NSIP regime faster and more flexible to support the Government’s major...more

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Planning and Infrastructure Bill - The Next Step on the Road to Planning Reform

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The much trailed Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduced to Parliament on 11 March covers wide ranging changes to the conventional planning process, CPO, development corporations and infrastructure planning....more

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UK energy: the UK Government introduces the eagerly awaited Planning and Infrastructure Bill

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Making good on the 2024 King’s Speech promise, the Government introduced the eagerly anticipated Planning and Infrastructure Bill (the Bill) to Parliament on March 11, 2025. While retaining the bulk of the existing planning...more

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Politics of housing in the UK: successfully planning for housing delivery?

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The most significant change to date is the revisions made in December 2024 to the National Planning Policy Framework, which sets out the policies to which local planning authorities are to have regard, both when formulating...more

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UK development: an optimistic year ahead?

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As we say goodbye to 2024, can we also say farewell to the difficulties faced for the real estate development market? What does the future hold in getting “Britain building again”?...more

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NSIP Planning: What’s Changed in 2024 and On the Horizon for 2025?

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2024 has been a year with a continued focus on the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Planning (‘NSIP’) planning regime by both the predecessor and current government. Reforms to make the regime faster and more effective...more

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What’s New in the Updated NPPF?

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On 12 December 2024, the updated NPPF consulted on over the summer, came into immediate effect. The pro-development changes aim to increase housing delivery, support development generally and in particular key growth sectors...more

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Proposed Planning Policy for Wind and Solar Farms

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Consultation closed at the end of September on proposals to align national planning policy with the Government’s aspiration for Britain’s future as a ‘Clean Energy Superpower’ by 2030. Government has committed to respond...more

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Proposed Planning Policy for Data Centres, Gigafactories and Biotech Labs

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Consultation closed in late September on proposals to align national planning policy with the Government’s industrial strategy for key growth industries. Government’s response is awaited. In the meantime, what Planning...more

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The King’s Speech: Hints at the Planning Reform to Come

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So, now is the time to deliver. Among an abundance of new legislation announced in the King’s Speech, we see the legislative beginning of a heavily trailed reform to the planning system with the delivery of high quality...more

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UK Election Bulletin: What would a Labour government mean for businesses?

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Overview - On 22 May 2024, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that he had requested permission from King Charles III to dissolve parliament and call a general election. The election will take place on 4 July 2024....more

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NSIP Reforms: New Pre-application Procedure and Document Requirements

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As part of the ongoing Government reforms to the consenting process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (“NSIPs”), PINS has launched its 2024 Pre-Application Prospectus. The Prospectus sits alongside a suite of...more

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Operational NSIP Reforms Take Effect

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Details of how the recently confirmed operational reforms to improve the NSIP planning process will work in practice are beginning to emerge. We have previously reported on which of the proposed operational reforms are...more

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Overview of Handback Provisions in P3 Agreements: Lessons Learned from UK Projects

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Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) are an increasingly common method of delivering public infrastructure. When structured properly, P3s allow governments to leverage private-sector expertise and resources to deliver essential...more

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UK's Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023: Key Changes to the Planning System

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The Situation: The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act ("the Act") was passed by Parliament and became law on 26 October 2023.  The Development: The UK government states that the Act will "speed up the planning system,...more

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2023 Planning round-up – Community Infrastructure Levy – the ghost of Christmas past?

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year – excited children, the promise of time with loved ones, the scent of mince pies, and a feast of year-end round-ups of some of the most exciting things to have happened in the last...more

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Developers can breathe a sigh of relief (for now) as the Court of Appeal plugs a gap in the Telecoms Code

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Last year the Upper Tribunal held that holders of concurrent leases that are subject to pre-existing Telecoms Code agreements cannot be treated as a ‘party to the agreement’, effectively sterilising their ability to terminate...more

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Building Safety Act 2022: What You Need To Know

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The United Kingdom's Building Safety Act 2022 introduces a new regulatory regime affecting higher-risk buildings. Developers, owners, landlords and contractors of high-rise buildings are among those to be affected by changes...more

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Guide to the UK Building Safety Act 2022

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The United Kingdom’s Building Safety Act 2022 introduces a new regulatory regime affecting higher-risk buildings. Developers, owners, landlords and contractors of high-rise buildings are among those to be affected by changes...more

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UK major infrastructure – National Infrastructure Commission reports on delivering NSIPs quickly

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“Faster, more flexible, more certain, and better quality.” The National Infrastructure Commission today (18 April 2023) published its vision for a reformed consenting regime for nationally significant infrastructure projects...more

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UK Major Infrastructure Projects – Action plan for reforms to the NSIP planning process

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"Better, faster, greener, fairer and more resilient."  In the face of changing demands and the throttling of consenting speeds, reforms to the nationally significant infrastructure (NSIP) regime have been on the cards for...more

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UK – a planning review of '22

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The Secretary of State that saw out 2021 seems likely to see out 2022 – although nothing seems certain these days – but don't let that apparent continuity fool you into thinking that the year in planning was anything other...more

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Mini-Budget: Reforms announced to Major Infrastructure Planning

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The chancellor’s 'mini-budget' on 23 September introduced some significant planning reforms. In a separate blog we discussed the new Investment Zones announced that will benefit from tax reliefs and liberalised planning laws....more

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