8th Annual (2020)

Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Forum

Latest insight on how to successfully gain DCO approval – a practical guide on completing pre-application, examination and progress to NSIP delivery

Wednesday 05 February - Thursday 06 February 2020

8th Annual (2020)

Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Forum

Latest insight on how to successfully gain DCO approval – a practical guide on completing pre-application, examination and progress to NSIP delivery

Wed 05 - Thu 06 February 2020 America Square – Cavendish Venue, London

The NSIPs Forum is your essential update and guide on major infrastructure planning. Attend to receive the latest insight, forward thinking and case studies to help you successfully complete pre-application and create an application, progress to examination and onto implementation and delivery of your project. Over 200 major infrastructure professionals will attend over both days to hear practical guidance on all aspects of NSIP planning and insight on how to overcome some of the biggest challenges currently facing the process.

Highlights of attending:

Understand the impact of aging NPS on projects and explore how to successfully embed case making into your application
Examine the key environmental considerations faced during project development including biodiversity net gain, habitat assessment regulations and reducing carbon emissions
Explore what changes can be made during examination and to DCOs once consent has been granted
Take away practical guidance on all aspects of pre-application and how to complete examination
Receive insight on how to deliver your DCO and progress your project to construction
6+ hours of networking with major infrastructure professionals including promoters, local authorities, statutory consultees and the wider planning community

Some of the key organisations that have attended previously:

Anglian Water
BEIS
Bristol Airport
Campaign to Protect Rural England
Carmarthenshire County Council
Cherwell District Council
Civil Aviation Authority
Cory Riverside Energy
Cuadrilla Resources
Cumbria Council
Department for Transport
Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
Elgin Energy EsCo Ltd
ENGIE Renewables
ESB
Health & Safety Executive

Heathrow Airport
Highways England
Horizon Nuclear Power
innogy Renewables UK
London Luton Airport
Marine Management Organisation
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
National Farmers’ Union
National Grid
National Infrastructure Commission
National Trust
Natural England
Network Rail
Orsted
Port of Tilbury

RSP
Runnymede Borough Council
RWE Generation
Somerset County Council
SP Energy Networks
Steer Davies Gleave
Suffolk County Council
The Planning Inspectorate
Tideway
Transport for London
Triton Knoll
Uniper
Viridor
Welsh Government
Western Power Distribution
WTI Energy

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Highways England give their advice to promoters on the NSIP planning process

Ahead of the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Forum on February 5th and 6th in London, we asked Anna Pickering, Highways England’s Regional Investment Programme, Development Consent Orders / Statutory Processes, for her advice for those starting the NSIP application process.

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Three experts deliver their advice to those beginning the DCO application process

Ahead of the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects Forum on February 5th and 6th in London, read what advice three previous speakers had for nationally significant infrastructure project promoters.

Why should I attend?

The forum will provide you with the latest guidance on the Planning Act 2008 regime and offer practical insight and lessons from the latest case studies to take away and apply to your project development.

Attend day one for the latest update on the regime including a focus on NPS and how to manage with aging policy. The day will also provide in-depth insight on how to create your application covering topics including environmental issues, conducing consultation and managing land assembly.

Day 2 will explore how to prepare for and complete the examination stage, providing lessons learnt and guidance on how to make amendments during this stage. The day will also explore how to progress your project to delivery following consent including the how to include flexibility in your application, managing discharge of requirements and how to make changes to your projects

Interesting, informative and a great networking day.

J. Bolton, ScottishPower Renewables

Who will I meet?

Promoters
Planning Inspectorate
Planning consultants
Local authorities and statutory consultees
Environmental consultants
Architects
Planning lawyers and barristers

Annual focal point for discussing the main current issues and topics relating to NSIPs.

A. Pickering, Highways England

A diverse mix of professionals giving informed and timely reflections on the challenges and opportunities of NSIPs from private and public sector perspectives.

L. Wood, Barton Willmore