Planning Bill
12:00 pm
David Smith: I think the interesting thing is that nuclear and wind will be quite remote, so there is some need, not only for us to build new, but for network reinforcements, and we will need to look at that.
The national policy statement on planning must have some legitimacy through a wide, deep democratic process, which may take a long time, and we are quite comfortable with that. However, we must ensure that they are agreed to the widest legitimacy and that they will go into the right levels of detail to aid the IPC in its decision-making process. Investment now, looking at it very carefully, will save time later and prevent the need for amendment by the Minister at a future stage.