Planning Inspectorate

Planning appeal decisions could be cut by five months with the average time ‘slashed’ from 47 to 26 weeks, according to an independent review.

The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has described its own performance in England as mixed, and for many customers ‘unacceptable’, as it publishes its annual report showing that it failed to meet some of its planning and enforcement appeal decision targets.

Horizon Nuclear Power has submitted a Development Consent Order (DCO) application to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) for its nuclear power station project Wylfa Newydd.

The governance committee at the London Borough of Havering has agreed to establish a new strategic planning committee to deal with strategic applications and other strategic planning matters.