Infrastructure - Energy

Greater national political clarity on the importance of smart energy and climate change is required through planning guidance or a ministerial statement, the RTPI suggests.

The Planning Inspectorate is to examine Esso Petroleum Company’s development consent order (DCO) application for a 97-kilometre replacement pipeline project.

Two major energy-from-waste (EfW) projects made progress this week with proposals for one submitted to North Lanarkshire Council while a slightly smaller scheme obtained detailed planning permission from Fife Council.

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 18 May-24 May, 2019