The government has published guidance regarding the details of measures that will see major infrastructure projects that include up to 500 homes considered as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP)
The guidance states that:
‘The changes to the 2008 Act made by the Housing and Planning Act 2016 allow the Secretary of State to grant development consent for housing related to a nationally significant infrastructure project. This guidance note sets out matters relating to:
- the types and location of infrastructure projects where housing may be included in an application for development consent;
- the circumstances where housing might be consented;
- the maximum amount of housing that may be consented;
- the location of housing that may be consented; and
- some of the factors that may be taken into account in deciding applications for development consent that include an element of housing.
It also includes a guide to the planning process for handling applications for nationally significant infrastructure projects which include housing and the considerations that developers as well as local authorities and other consultees will need to take into account at each stage of that process.
Read more at Planning Portal and at Gov Uk
Download the Guidance
