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Significant Implications for Environmental Assessment of Major Projects

The Supreme Court’s judgment in R(Finch) v Surrey County Council [2024] UKSC 20 has potentially significant implications on how environmental impacts of major projects are assessed. The question at the heart of the case was...more

Important Planning Changes Set Out in New Consultation

Some significant planning changes are proposed in a government consultation on ‘An Accelerated Planning System’ launched on 6 March 2024 alongside the Spring Budget (which closes on 1 May). These proposed changes cover new...more

Will the increase in climate related challenges to DCOs derail national infrastructure priorities?

The recent rise in legal challenges to proposed nationally significant infrastructure projects on climate and environmental grounds shows no signs of abating. In this blog we consider whether there is an unavoidable conflict...more

UK Energy National Policy Statement Review: Overview of consultation drafts

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) launched a consultation into revisions to the Energy NPSs earlier this month (which closes on 29 November) in line with the Planning Act 2008 which requires...more

'Use it or lose it’ - haven’t we been here before?

Confirmation that the Government is examining new ways to increase build out rates could see the introduction of levies where planning permissions are not built out as expected. In this blog we remind ourselves that these...more

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