Nationally significant infrastructure projects: advice on the preparation and submission of application documents

Publication Year

2024

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Comprises advice on how application documents and supporting information for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) should be prepared, organised and submitted to the Planning Inspectorate. Covers: the application form; submitting the application; order of application information and file indexing; size of document and summaries; referencing for plans, documents and photographs; format; draft Development Consent Order; the Environmental Statement; Habitats Regulations Assessment; scale of plans and drawings; appendices; data protection and privacy; copyright and intellectual property; applications in Wales; application acceptance checklist; GIS shapefile; fees; draft documents; what happens next; contact the Planning Inspectorate; and order of information submitted with NSIP applications.

Document History

Superseded by: 10 October 2024 update. Supersedes: Advice note 6: Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note six: preparation and submission of application documents. Version 11 (PINS, 2012). Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nationally-significant-infrastructure-projects-advice-on-the-preparation-and-submission-of-application-documents and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 8 August 2024. Accompanied by several appendices, but Appendix 1 comprises an Excel spreadsheet which cannot be delivered through CIS.

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