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List Of Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects In England
This is a list of nationally significant infrastructure projects in England as designated under the Planning Act 2008. {, class="wikitable" , , valign="top" , Project name , valign="top" , Region , valign="top" , Date of decision , Citation , - , 1 , valign="top" , East Midlands Gateway Phase 2 , valign="top" , East Midlands , valign="top" , , , - , 2 , valign="top" , Hinkley Point C New Nuclear Power Station , valign="top" , South West , valign="top" , 2013-03-19 , , - , 3 , valign="top" , Galloper Offshore Wind Farm , valign="top" , Eastern , valign="top" , 2013-05-24 , , - , 4 , valign="top" , Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm , valign="top" , East Midlands , valign="top" , 2013-07-11 , , - , 5 , valign="top" , Rookery South Energy from Waste Generating Station , valign="top" , Eastern , valign="top" , 2011-10-13 , , - , 6 , valign="top" , Port Blyth New Biomass Plant , valign="top" , North East , valign="top" , 2013-07-24 , , - , 7 , valign=" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Planning Act 2008
The Planning Act 2008 is an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom intended to speed up the process for approving major new infrastructure projects such as airports, roads, harbors, and energy facilities such as nuclear power and waste facilities. This was felt to be necessary after the 8-year approval process for Heathrow Terminal 5. Along with the Climate Change Act 2008, Climate Change Bill and the Energy Bill, this bill was considered by the Brown administration to be one of the "three legislative pillars of the Government's strategy to secure long-term prosperity and quality of life for all." The Infrastructure Planning Commission has since been abolished and replaced with the Planning Inspectorate as of 31 March 2012. Key aims * A new body, the Infrastructure Planning Commission would make the decisions * These decisions would be based on new national policy statements * Hearings and the decision-making process would be timetabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |