G L Hearn is able to provide comprehensive advice on matters of strategy in relation to the consenting process for utility development, including identifying key policy issues, advice on preparation of site justification, early Environmental Assessment scoping and legislative requirements.
Our experience in promoting projects, often through complex planning inquiries, enables us to offer decisive and cost effective advice where new utility development is required.
The Planning Act 2008 introduced one of the most fundamental shifts in the planning process in many years by handing decision making powers in respect of major infrastructure projects to a newly created body, the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC). Through our knowledge and experience of the planning and consenting regimes we can advise on all aspects of infrastructure and utilities including:
• Nationally Significant Energy Infrastructure Projects
• The Infrastructure Planning Commission
• Consultation procedures
• National Policy Statements
• Applications for Development Consent Orders
• Compulsory acquisition of land
GL Hearn hosted an Energy Seminar earlier this year which addressed these topics in depth. The information leaflets which were produced in association with it are attached.
