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Infrastructure: Planning Permission

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 5 December 2024UIN 16199

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any planning applications for national significant infrastructure development consent have been delayed from the original statutory deadline since 4 July 2024.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

There has been a total of seven planning applications delayed from the original statutory deadline since 4 July 2024.

They are as follows:

  • Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant;
  • Heckington Fen Solar;
  • Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange;
  • Luton Airport;
  • Lower Thames Crossing;
  • North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park; and
  • West Burton Solar.

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