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In this series, we follow infrastructure permissions and consents, with a view to advocating positive change in-line with the Government’s ambitious objectives.
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Date published
04 July 2025
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 41: New Welsh guidance, the use of AI in planning and other updates
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 40: A conference and another revocation
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 39: Fenwick Solar Farm, Sizewell C and EIA case law
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 38: A new wind DCO, and European streamlining
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 37: Fission 'n' chippy
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 36: Application Fees, the Holocaust Memorial, data centres and correction orders
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 35: Water, electricity markets, delays
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January 16, 2026
Infrastructure Planning Blog 34: Data centres can be NSIPs after a record DCO year
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 33: Happy New Year!
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December 19, 2025
Infrastructure Planning Blog 32: Christmas treats - a new DCO, a draft NPPF, and two novel consenting routes
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 31: Luton judicial review, grid connection gateways and other infrastructure planning news
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December 5, 2025
Infrastructure Planning Blog 30: Two made DCOs, one withdrawn DCO and a competition
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 29: The Nuclear Regulatory Review, Data Centres and Heathrow third runway
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 28: Updated national policy statements and other news
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 27 - High Court cases, the Nuclear NPS and the Planning & Infrastructure Bill latest
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 26: Latest DCO approval, challenge and a new hearing trend
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 24 - Fry me a river
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 23 - Sun, sea and bland
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 17 - Data centres: infrastructure planning reforms with a bit of byte
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 16: We hear you loud and (nu)clear
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Infrastructure Planning Blog 13 - National policy statement updates for fusion, a solar DCO, the Cunliffe Review and two judgments
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Infrastructure planning blog 12: Three solar decisions, a data centre decision and an NPS update
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Infrastructure planning blog 11: An Offshore Wind DCO, Planning and Infrastructure Bill updates and grid reforms
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Infrastructure planning blog 10 - Chicken manure and some infrastructure news
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Infrastructure planning blog 8: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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Infrastructure planning blog 6- Court of Appeal recommends a low-carb(on) diet for the misuse of judicial review
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