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

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

This was first posted on Real Estate Development Notes on 12 January 2022. The London planning team at Herbert Smith Freehills has been heavily involved in the infrastructure planning world for many years. We have acted on some of the biggest and most high-profile nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP) applications to go through the Planning … Read more

If you missed this letter on Christmas Eve from the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to the Planning Inspectorate in relation to the Sizewell C DCO it’s worth a read (see here). Perhaps buoyed by the numerous extensions to the statutory timetable for DCO decision-making which BEIS has allowed itself in recent … Read more