​The Government has today launched a new consultation on streamlining infrastructure planning which seeks views on changes to guidance, services operated by the public sector, and secondary legislation to streamline the infrastructure planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs).

The Institution of Civil Engineers has published an interesting policy paper on learning lessons from the cancellation of HS2’s northern leg.

Thames Water has appointed Jacobs and Mott MacDonald (Jacobs Mott MacDonald joint venture) as its Technical Partner to lead development proposals for vital new infrastructure to tackle the risk of drought in London.

The UK’s largest water company has secured planning approval for a reservoir embankment trial which will inform design plans for a proposed reservoir near Abingdon.

The Government has appointed top planning barrister Lord Charles Banner KC to lead an independent review to look into speeding up the delivery of major infrastructure projects, confirmed by the Housing Minister and Secretary of State today.

Associated British Ports has gone out to tender for a lead contractor /consortium for a design and build contract for the development of the Immingham Green Energy Terminal (IGET) at the Port of Immingham on the Humber Estuary worth an estimated £140 million.

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has published a paper setting out its proposals to develop the Mersey Tidal Power Project and calling for explicit Government Policy support.

The Environment Agency and Surrey County Council have issued a Prior Information Notice inviting interested suppliers to register their interest in taking part in a final round of market engagement prior to commencing the procurement process for the Construction Partner.for the £300 million River Thames Scheme.

In an Expert Focus article for WaterBriefing, Daniel Freiman, Partner at law firm Eversheds Sutherland and Stephen Jefferson, Senior Associate discuss how the designation of the long-awaited Water National Policy Statement is an important step to enabling the consenting and delivery of water resources infrastructure that is so plainly required.

Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, is sharing its initial takeaways from the release of the Government’s long-awaited National Policy Statement (NPS) for nationally significant water resources projects.