A vast upgrade is taking place across Britain s electricity network as the National Grid moves to build infrastructure where power is increasingly being produced - away from the old coalfields and to the wind turbines of the North Sea.
Publication of the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC) second National Infrastructure Assessment (‘NIA2’) in October 2023, in line with its 5-year requirement, is an important.
The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 was given Royal Assent on 26 October 2023. It introduces some wide-ranging reforms to the planning system which we summarise in this.