Breaking Down Planning Barriers in the UKGemma Grimes, BWEA

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Background

Planning Act:•IPC•NPS•SIs

Round-up:•Outstanding Issues•Other Planning Matters

•Lengthy

•Inconsistent

•Complex

•Challengeable

Background to New System3

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Malta

Belgium

United Kingdom

Spain

France

Slovenia

Denmark

Latvia

Sw eden

Share of renew ables in 2005 Share required by 2020

13%

Targets for 2020

Planning Act 2008 - Aims + Functions

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Infrastructure planning should be:

•Faster

•More Consistent

•Less Complex

•Less Easily Challenged

New System Structure:

•Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC)

•National Policy Statements (NPSs)

•Detailed procedures + processes - statutory instruments (SIs)

Places greater onus – through

a new duty – on promoters

to ensure that properly

prepared and consulted on

Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects

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MMO1MW - 100MW

IPC>100MWIPC

>50MW

TCPA<50MW

Onshore Offshore

Infrastructure Planning Commission6

Intervention by SoS

Single Commissioner Procedure

Panel Procedure

•Determining authority for NSIPs

•Established late 2009 – advisory role

•Fully operational late 2010

•Decision-making structure:

Infrastructure Planning Commission7

IPC Decision

Pre-application phase

Decision-making process:

Written reps

Hearings

Examinationof apps

•Statement of Government Policy (SoS)

•Form Policy Framework for IPC decisions

•12 NPSs are planned – 6 energy related

National Policy Statements8

Overarching Energy NPS

Renewables Fossil Fuels Networks Gas + Oil

…so where is the 6th?

NPS Process

2 NPS drafting

1a AoS/SEAPre-scoping

Draft for Consultation

3 Consultation

4 Parliamentary Scrutiny

5 Consideration

ScopingReport Environmental Report

6 Lead-in time Publish Gov’t response & Designate

NPS.

End of 6 week JR window

IPC takes first applicationsIncluding select

committee process and any debates.

1b AoS /SEA Post-Scoping We are

here

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Consultation process - SIs

Statutory instruments include…

IPC• Detailed structure + operation of IPC• Guidance to IPC• Guidance from IPC to applicants• List of Statutory Consultees for applications

NPSs• List of Statutory Consultees for NPSs

DCOs

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11SIs - Indicative Timeline

Development & DraftingDevelopment & Drafting ConsultationConsultationConsultation

Development & DraftingDevelopment & DraftingApplications

Revision/RedraftRevision/Redraft

ConsultationConsultation Revision/RedraftRevision/Redraft

Development & DraftingDevelopment & DraftingEnvironmentDirective

ConsultationConsultation Revision/RedraftRevision/Redraft

Development & DraftingDevelopment & DraftingExaminations Revision/RedraftRevision/Redraft

Development & DraftingDevelopment & DraftingDecision framework

Revision/RedraftRevision/Redraft

Development & DraftingDevelopment & DraftingFees Revision/RedraftRevision/Redraft

ConsultationConsultation

ConsultationConsultation

ConsultationConsultation

Autumn ‘10Autumn ‘09 Spring ‘10Spring ‘09

Outstanding Issues - What is yet to be clarified?

• Confusion as to which piece of legislation takes primacy – NPS or PPS?

• Onshore projects <50MW – clustering?• How fast will it be?• Unknown relationship between WAG + IPC

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Other Planning Matters

Marine Bill: • MMO timetable for implementation unknown• MMO will take on FEPA + CPA, as well as MCZs• Weight of MPS

Killian Pretty Review:• National Policy on Development Management • Local Financial incentives

Aviation:• BWEA + Industry working on a medium term commitment for

developing solutions • £10m programme

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TLAs

• IPC: Infrastructure Planning Commission • NPSs: National Policy Statements• DCO: Development Consent Order• NSIPs: Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects• MPSs: Marine Policy Statements• MMO: Marine Management Organisation• MCZs: Marine Conservation Zones

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Thank you Please contact me if you have any questions

• Gemma Grimes

• Planning Advisor, BWEA

• +44 (0)207 689 1936

• gemma@bwea.com, or g.grimes@bwea.com

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