Planning | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:07:56 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2023/07/favicon-nce192x-70x70.png Planning | New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 32 32 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif New Civil Engineer https://www.newcivilengineer.com 125 75 Civil engineering and construction news and jobs from New Civil Engineer Construction minister says she is eager listen to and advocate for sector https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/construction-minister-says-she-is-eager-listen-to-and-advocate-for-sector-25-09-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/construction-minister-says-she-is-eager-listen-to-and-advocate-for-sector-25-09-2024/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:35:15 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=284070 The construction minister, who works across both the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), has said she wants to hear from the sector and is ready to advocate for it in government.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/construction-minister-says-she-is-eager-listen-to-and-advocate-for-sector-25-09-2024/feed/ 0 Infrastructure DCOs potentially impacted by Supreme Court ruling on operational emissions https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/infrastructure-dcos-potentially-impacted-by-supreme-court-ruling-on-operational-emissions-30-08-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/infrastructure-dcos-potentially-impacted-by-supreme-court-ruling-on-operational-emissions-30-08-2024/#respond Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:59:54 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=283021 Applications for development consent orders (DCOs) by developers proposing Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) could face further delays and greater scrutiny following a Supreme Court ruling on operational emissions.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/infrastructure-dcos-potentially-impacted-by-supreme-court-ruling-on-operational-emissions-30-08-2024/feed/ 0 Lighthouse | All change? King’s Speech sets out major policy shifts for UK infrastructure https://www.newcivilengineer.com/ice/lighthouse-all-change-kings-speech-sets-out-major-policy-shifts-for-uk-infrastructure-28-08-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/ice/lighthouse-all-change-kings-speech-sets-out-major-policy-shifts-for-uk-infrastructure-28-08-2024/#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:55:24 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=282817 The new government has settled into its role, setting out its agenda for the 2024/5 parliamentary session in the King’s Speech. Over a quarter of the bills mentioned have an infrastructure component, including planning, transport, energy, water and devolution.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/ice/lighthouse-all-change-kings-speech-sets-out-major-policy-shifts-for-uk-infrastructure-28-08-2024/feed/ 0 Planning Inspectorate provides update on nationally significant infrastructure project pipeline https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/planning-inspectorate-provides-update-on-nationally-significant-infrastructure-project-pipeline-23-08-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/planning-inspectorate-provides-update-on-nationally-significant-infrastructure-project-pipeline-23-08-2024/#respond Fri, 23 Aug 2024 15:11:42 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=282712 11 nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPS) are waiting for approval from relevant secretaries of state, and 93 others are in the planning system.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/planning-inspectorate-provides-update-on-nationally-significant-infrastructure-project-pipeline-23-08-2024/feed/ 0 Government appeals to environmentalists for support to overhaul ‘lose-lose’ planning system https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/government-appeals-to-environmentalists-for-support-to-overhaul-lose-lose-planning-system-23-07-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/government-appeals-to-environmentalists-for-support-to-overhaul-lose-lose-planning-system-23-07-2024/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:19:40 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=281095 The status quo in the planning system is “not working”, with both development benefits and the environment losing out, according to a letter sent by the government to nature conservation organisations.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/government-appeals-to-environmentalists-for-support-to-overhaul-lose-lose-planning-system-23-07-2024/feed/ 0 Riba publishes guidance promoting stakeholder engagement throughout development lifecycles https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/riba-publishes-guidance-promoting-stakeholder-engagement-throughout-development-lifecycles-26-01-2024/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/riba-publishes-guidance-promoting-stakeholder-engagement-throughout-development-lifecycles-26-01-2024/#respond Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:07:22 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=273497 Communities should be included in meaningful consultation processes from before planning application, to the management and stewardship phases of completed building projects, according to new guidance from the Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba).

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/riba-publishes-guidance-promoting-stakeholder-engagement-throughout-development-lifecycles-26-01-2024/feed/ 0 Wimbledon expansion splits councils over planning permission https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/wimbledon-expansion-splits-councils-over-planning-permission-22-11-2023/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/wimbledon-expansion-splits-councils-over-planning-permission-22-11-2023/#comments Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:14:03 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=270798 Plans for a £200M expansion of the world-famous Wimbledon lawn tennis complex have set two London boroughs against each other, with one granting planning permission and the other refusing it.

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/wimbledon-expansion-splits-councils-over-planning-permission-22-11-2023/feed/ 1 Editor’s Comment | Can accelerating projects make a difference? https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/editors-comment-19-10-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/editors-comment-19-10-2022/#respond Wed, 19 Oct 2022 01:00:07 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=250692 Last month I speculated about what new prime minister Liz Truss and her now former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng might have in mind for infrastructure within their September mini-budget. If you had your money on initiatives to further speed up project delivery, I do hope you…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/editors-comment-19-10-2022/feed/ 0 Project Speed on steroids: what do the infrastructure planning reforms mean? https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/project-speed-on-steroids-what-do-the-infrastructure-planning-reforms-mean-30-09-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/project-speed-on-steroids-what-do-the-infrastructure-planning-reforms-mean-30-09-2022/#respond Fri, 30 Sep 2022 01:30:17 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=249944 In early September, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced that the examination period for infrastructure projects could be shortened from six months to four months, that there would be a forthcoming infrastructure action plan and that there would be fixed timescales for…

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]]> https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/project-speed-on-steroids-what-do-the-infrastructure-planning-reforms-mean-30-09-2022/feed/ 0 Judge throws out Southampton Airport expansion challenge https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/judge-throws-out-southampton-airport-expansion-challenge-24-05-2022/ https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/judge-throws-out-southampton-airport-expansion-challenge-24-05-2022/#respond Tue, 24 May 2022 15:00:40 +0000 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/?p=243156 A High Court judge has thrown out a legal challenge mounted against the expansion of Southampton Airport.

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