Infrastructure: Planning Permission

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 5 December 2024.

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Photo of Kevin Hollinrake Kevin Hollinrake Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any planning applications for national significant infrastructure development consent have been delayed from the original statutory deadline since 4 July 2024.

Photo of Matthew Pennycook Matthew Pennycook Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

There has been a total of seven planning applications delayed from the original statutory deadline since 4 July 2024.

They are as follows:

  • Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant;
  • Heckington Fen Solar;
  • Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange;
  • Luton Airport;
  • Lower Thames Crossing;
  • North Lincolnshire Green Energy Park; and
  • West Burton Solar.

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