Government seeking views on Infrastructure planning reform

The Government are seeking views on proposals for changes to the planning process for national infrastructure projects.

Key summary

The Government is seeking views on proposals for changes to the planning process for national infrastructure projects.

Projects included are solar and wind farms, electricity networks, roads and public transport, and water supplies.

Many of these developments are subject to noise impact assessments.

These projects are "essential to delivering basic services".

These projects are essential to "growing the economy".

These projects are essential to "supporting the UK’s transition to clean power by 2030".

These projects are essential to "enabling 1.5 million homes to be built over this Parliament."

This is not a formal consultation and there is no deadline for comments.

Government seeking views on Infrastructure planning reform

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The Government are seeking views on proposals for changes to the planning process for national infrastructure projects. These include solar and wind farms, electricity networks, roads and public transport and water supplies. Many of these developments are subject to noise impact assessments. All of these are "essential to delivering basic services, growing the economy, supporting the UK’s transition to clean power by 2030, and enabling 1.5 million homes to be built over this Parliament." This is not a formal consultation and there is no deadline for comments. It is intended to promote discussion on the proposals.