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Planning Act 2008 definition

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What does Planning Act 2008 mean?

Act of Parliament which, amongst other things, establishes the new regime for the consenting of infrastructure-projects-'>nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) and introduces National policy Statements (NPSs).

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Energy legislation tracker 2025

Energy legislation tracker 2025 This Energy legislation tracker tool displays key upcoming legislation of interest to Energy lawyers from 1 January 2025. Legislation will be displayed in reverse chronological order. Legislation that is only applicable to Wales (Wales Statutory Instruments—Wales SI) will be indicated as such on the tracker. For information on previous legislation trackers, see: • Energy legislation tracker 2024 • Energy legislation tracker 2023 [Archived] • Energy legislation tracker 2022 • Energy legislation tracker 2021 [Archived] • Energy legislation tracker 2020 [Archived] • Energy legislation tracker 2019 [Archived] • Energy legislation tracker 2018 [Archived] • Energy legislation tracker 2017 [Archived] • Energy legislation tracker 2016 [Archived] England and Wales Title Key date Details Brexit-related Environmental Permitting (Electricity Generating Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 28 February 2026–comes into force SI 2025/154: These Regulations are made to amend the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, SI 2016/1154 to introduce a new requirement for new and substantially refurbishing combustion plants to include a ‘decarbonisation readiness report’ as part of their environmental permitting...

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Digital Planning in England

Digital Planning in England Note that this Practice Note was last updated in April 2025. Introduction In October 2023, the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (LURA 2023) gained Royal Assent and became the first legislation to seek to define data standards and data software. Since then, the intersection of planning and digitisation has only increased in scale and scope. In the last four months, the government has published the ‘AI Opportunities Action Plan’, has issued a policy statement on the Data Use and Access Bill, while the forthcoming Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will have digital implications for energy and transport networks and smart city initiatives. The inexorable progress towards automation and digitisation has many benefits: diverting human resources to where they are most useful, extending the reach of the planning process and improving participation, and helping to understand and mitigate environmental issues. It also challenges existing norms on issues including equalities, human rights, public sector decision-making and probity in planning. Given the scale and scope of coming changes, it...

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Buyer’s CIL liability/Planning Liability termination clause

Buyer’s CIL liability/Planning Liability termination clause 1 Definitions Biodiversity Gain • the biodiversity gain objective described in Schedule 7A of TCPA 1990, and also any equivalent form of requirement, taxation or levy; CIL • the Community Infrastructure Levy introduced by sections 205—225 of the Planning Act 2008 (and/or any equivalent form of taxation or levy); CIL Liability • the amount that the Buyer (acting reasonably) reasonably considers it will have to pay by way of CIL in respect of the Development, calculated in accordance with clause 2.2; CIL Regulations • the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010, SI 2010/948 (as amended); [Condition • the Buyer obtaining Satisfactory Planning Permission;] Development • the use of the whole or part of the Property for [insert a detailed description of the Development including the maximum and minimum number of units/floorspace etc]; Expert • a person with at least [10] years’ post qualification experience including significant relevant experience in relation to the subject matter of the dispute; Planning Acts • the statutes...

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Licence for alterations

Licence for alterations Date [date] Parties 1 [name of Landlord] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [number]) whose registered office is at] [address] (Landlord) 2 [name of Tenant] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [number]) whose registered office is at] [address] (Tenant) 3 [[name of Guarantor] [of OR incorporated in England and Wales (company registration number [number]) whose registered office is at] [address] (Guarantor)] 1 Definitions In this Licence, the following definitions apply: [Building • the building of which the Property forms part [and known as [details]];] [CDM Regulations • Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015, SI 2015/51;] [Common Parts • the parts of the Building provided from time to time by the Landlord for use in common by the occupiers and users of it;] Drawings and Specification • the drawings and specification attached to this Licence at the Appendix; [Energy Assessor • is as defined in EPB 2012;] [EPB 2012 • Energy Performance of Buildings...

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Secretary of State grants development consent for East Yorkshire Solar Farm

The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted development consent for the East Yorkshire Solar Farm. This project will comprise the construction, operation, maintenance, and eventual decommissioning of ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) panel arrays designed to generate solar electricity. It also involves the installation of underground cabling to connect the project to the national electricity transmission network at National Grid’s Drax Substation, as well as cabling between the solar PV panel areas, and other associated development.

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Planning weekly highlights—8 May 2025

This week's edition of Planning weekly highlights includes: a court decision determining neighbouring solar farms did not create a single ‘NSIP’ development; updates on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, including the impact assessment and OEP and RIBA submissions on the Bill and guidance on non-urgent Crown Development applications.

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