Posted on: Tuesday, 6th June 2017
In September 2016 NIPA commissioned a team from the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London to undertake research into the extent and impact of the level of detail in the DCO process.
Posted on: Wednesday, 12th April 2017
This event was held to discuss the NIPA response to the Airports National Policy Statement. As well as an open invitation to NIPA members, three DfT officials and one DCLG official were in attendance.
Posted on: Wednesday, 22nd March 2017
Section 160 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, which allows the inclusion of ‘related housing’ in DCOs, comes into force on 6 April 2017 and DCLG has now issued Guidance on this, as Ministers said they would when the Bill for the Act was passing through Parliament.
Posted on: Tuesday, 14th March 2017
On the 28th February 2017 a lively discussion evening was held to update NIPA Members and interested guests in the research commissioned by NIPA into how to achieve the right balance between the level of detail required in the assessment, application, examination and consent for national infrastructure projects versus the need for flexibility, particularly at the project delivery stage.
Posted on: Friday, 3rd March 2017
This is a note of the key points raised at the NIPA seminar on “Making changes to Development Consent Orders (“DCOs”)” held at the offices of Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP on 8 February 2017.
Posted on: Thursday, 23rd February 2017
You will no doubt be aware that a draft National Policy Statement entitled "Airports National Policy Statement: new runway capacity and infrastructure at airports in the South East of England" was published on 2 February and is now out to consultation until 25 May. The consultation document and draft NPS are attached.
Posted on: Tuesday, 7th February 2017
We have now reached the halfway stage of the first NIPA Insights research project. It has generated significant interest and debate amongst stakeholders, and we are about to embark on a second round of engagement to test preliminary findings
Posted on: Friday, 13th January 2017
The 2016 NIPA Annual Dinner was held at Pilasters Hall on 23 November.
Posted on: Tuesday, 1st November 2016
The National Infrastructure Commission has published the results of the consultation on its scope and methodology to which we contributed, which can be found here. It is clear that some of the suggestions we made in our response have been taken up.
Posted on: Monday, 3rd October 2016
We want to make you aware of one of the RTPI's new categories for the RTPI Awards for Planning Excellence, that we think might be of interest to you. Submissions for the 2017 Awards are now open and the RTPI has launched a new category: ‘Excellence in Planning for the Innovative Delivery of Infrastructure'.
