This consultation sets out the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities plans to make the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) consenting process.
Overall, Solar Energy UK felt the consultation put forward sensible recommendations to support a faster consenting process. However, greater detail was needed as to how the pre application fees had been determined.
Our response sets out a series of recommendations focused on delivering proportionality, improving resourcing (across PINS, Statutory Consultees and Local Planning Authorities) and the need to deliver a secondary consultation on the pre application service fee, tiering and methodology
Author
Rachel Hayes
Consents and ESG Policy Manager
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