National Policy Statement EN-1 (Consultation) Draft overarching national policy statement for energy (EN-1)

Publication Year

2009

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Sets out the Government’s policy for delivery of major energy infrastructure. Used with other NPSs i.e. fossil fuel electricity generation (EN-2); renewable electricity generation (both onshore and offshore) (EN-3); gas supply infrastructure and gas and oil pipelines (EN-4); the electricity transmission and distribution network (EN-5); and, nuclear electricity generation (EN-6), by the Infrastructure Planning Commission when it makes decisions on applications for development consent for nationally significant energy infrastructure.

Document History

Superseded by 2nd consultation ending 24 January 2011. Consultation closed on 22 February 2010. To be read with Planning for new energy infrastructure - appraisal of sustainability for the draft overarching national policy statement for energy (EN-1); Planning for new energy infrastructure - habitats regulation assessment of the draft national policy statements (covers EN-1 to EN-5. EN-6 is covered by a separate assessment); and Impact assessment of energy national policy statements (all DECC, 2009). First of a suite of draft NPSs on energy released by the DECC. The others are: Draft national policy statement for fossil fuel electricity generating infrastructure (EN-2), Draft national policy statement for renewable energy infrastructure (EN-3), Draft national policy statement for gas supply infrastructure and gas and oil pipelines (EN-4), Draft national policy statement for electricity networks infrastructure (EN-5) and Draft national policy statement for nuclear power generation (EN-6) (all DECC, 2009). Also published is the Draft national policy statement for ports (DFT, 2009); Government response to the consultation on the draft national policy statements for energy infrastructure; and Planning for new infrastructure - consultation on revised draft national policy statements for energy infrastructure (both DECC, 2010).

ISBN

9780108508493

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