Monthly NSIP Newsletter – October 2023 Issue

The October 2023 edition of HSF’s monthly NSIP newsletter is now available. This is our regular newsletter highlighting what we consider to be the most interesting and topical recent events within the NSIP world together with our opinions on key issues that matter to our clients The October 2023 newsletter is available here and covers: … Read more

Monthly NSIP Newsletter – August/September 2023 Issue

The August/September 2023 edition of HSF’s monthly NSIP newsletter is now available. This is our regular newsletter highlighting what we consider to be the most interesting and topical recent events within the NSIP world together with our opinions on key issues that matter to our clients The August/September 2023 newsletter is available here and covers: … Read more

Project Nutcracker: Our latest thinking about speeding up consenting

In our Special Issue May edition newsletter we floated the idea of creating a new form of consent for infrastructure projects (or some categories thereof), which would be both faster overall and less resource intensive throughout. Our central thesis was that both factors are important in order to free up enough trained human resources to … Read more

Monthly NSIP Newsletter – July 2023 issue

The July 2023 edition of HSF’s monthly NSIP newsletter is now available. This is our regular newsletter highlighting what we consider to be the most interesting and topical recent events within the NSIP world together with our opinions on key issues that matter to our clients The July 2023 newsletter is available here and covers: … Read more

Monthly NSIP Newsletter – June 2023 issue

The HSF June 2023 Monthly Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Newsletter is now available, our regular newsletter highlighting what we consider to be the most interesting and topical recent events within the NSIP world together with our opinions on key issues that matter to our clients. The June 2023 newsletter is available here and covers: Early … Read more

Permission refused on all grounds for Sizewell C JR

Judgment was handed down this morning by Mr Justice Holgate in the High Court in the case of R (Together Against Sizewell C Limited) v Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Defendant), NNB Generation Company (SZC) Limited (Interested Party). The judgment concerns a challenge brought by Together Against Sizewell C Limited against … Read more

Monthly NSIP Newsletter – May 2023 issue

The HSF May 2023 Monthly Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Newsletter is now available, our regular newsletter highlighting what we consider to be the most interesting and topical recent events within the NSIP world together with our opinions on key issues that matter to our clients. The May 2023 newsletter is available here and covers: Statements … Read more

Monthly NSIP newsletter – Special issue May 2023 – Project Nutcracker

For this month’s newsletter, we’ve decided to take a slightly different approach to our usual format. In this special issue, our usual round-up of project-related updates from the NSIP world is at section 7. The main focus of the newsletter is instead the various reforms to the NSIP regime which the Government is trailing or … Read more

Planning permission up for sale?

This article was first published in Estates Gazette on 12 April 2023 – see here. Emphasising local support secured by economic benefits may be in conflict with the long-standing principle that planning permissions should not be bought and sold. The December 2022 government consultation on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework closed in March … Read more