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After more than a decade working on the Sizewell C Project, we are delighted to report that on Wednesday 20 July 2022 the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy granted development consent for the Sizewell C Project. Before delving into the examination and decision, some quick facts: The Sizewell C power station, … Read more
Court orders UK Government to lay revised strategy before Parliament by 31 March 2023. Climate change is a global problem. These are the opening words of Mr Justice Holgate’s judgment in respect of a legal challenge to the adequacy of the UK Government’s Net Zero Strategy (NZS) and the statutory reporting undertaken in connection with … Read more
The HSF June 2022 Monthly Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Newsletter is now available, our regular newsletter highlighting what we consider to be the most interesting and topical events from last month within the NSIP world together with our opinions on key issues that matter to our clients. The June 2022 newsletter is available here and … Read more
The HSF May 2022 Monthly Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Newsletter is now available, our regular newsletter highlighting what we consider to be the most interesting and topical events from last month within the NSIP world together with our opinions on key issues that matter to our clients. The May 2022 newsletter is available here and … Read more
The HSF April 2022 Monthly Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Newsletter is now available, our regular newsletter highlighting what we consider to be the most interesting and topical events from last month within the NSIP world together with our opinions on key issues that matter to our clients. The April 2022 newsletter is available here and … Read more
Very unusually for a development consent project, the Secretary of State (“SoS”) has issued a minded to agree letter for the Portishead Branch Line – MetroWest Phase 1 project (see letter dated 19 April 2022 here), a project that will involve rebuilding a disused railway line. In parallel he has extended the deadline for making … Read more
This blog was first posted on HSF Policy Matters Notes. Amid soaring prices, political obstacles and pressure for enhanced security, the Government’s new energy playbook needs more than eye-catching targets to tackle the key issues Background: A global crisis with UK quirks On 7 April, the Government published its British energy security strategy amid a … Read more
In a surprise move yesterday which has received relatively little press, Business Secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, wrote to the British Geological Society giving them 3 months to produce a report setting out whether shale gas can be extracted safely in the UK using hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) (here). We’ve heard much about offshore wind, solar and nuclear … Read more
The HSF March 2022 Monthly Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Newsletter is now available, our regular newsletter highlighting what we consider to be the most interesting and topical events from last month within the NSIP world together with our opinions on key issues that matter to our clients. The March 2022 newsletter is available here and … Read more
