MPs may approve national projects
MPs may approve national projects
- 1999
- Planning (for the Natural and Built Environment) (1319) 21 May 1999, 1(1) .
Consent in principle for major projects such as airports or nuclear waste sites could be given by parliamentary approval, with only project details discussed at public inquiry, under DETR proposals for speeding up planning decisions. The consultation paper Streamlining the processing of major projects through the planning system also suggests increased use of statements of national policy which set out the need for major projects, and ways of improving inquiry procedure by limiting or abolishing cross-examination of witnesses. The paper is available from DETR Free Literature (0870 1226 236).
AIRPORTS
MAJOR PROJECTS
NUCLEAR WASTE
PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL
PLANNING PERMISSION
PLANNING SYSTEM
PUBLIC INQUIRIES
TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT 1992
Consent in principle for major projects such as airports or nuclear waste sites could be given by parliamentary approval, with only project details discussed at public inquiry, under DETR proposals for speeding up planning decisions. The consultation paper Streamlining the processing of major projects through the planning system also suggests increased use of statements of national policy which set out the need for major projects, and ways of improving inquiry procedure by limiting or abolishing cross-examination of witnesses. The paper is available from DETR Free Literature (0870 1226 236).
AIRPORTS
MAJOR PROJECTS
NUCLEAR WASTE
PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL
PLANNING PERMISSION
PLANNING SYSTEM
PUBLIC INQUIRIES
TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT 1992