In his new role as Housing Secretary at the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed has announced that the Government has given the go-ahead to the largest number of major infrastructure projects in the first year of a Parliament in history.

​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 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has published an updated National Policy Statement for water resources infrastructure – an update of the NPS released in 2023.

Thames Water is inviting interested suppliers to submit Requests to Participate in the procurement process for its proposed £242 million Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA) Tunnelling main works contract. Total estimated value is currently £242 million including VAT.

Anglian Water's Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation application has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Steve Reed.

Environment Secretary Steve Barclay has written to Thames Water confirming his decision to grant the utility’s request for a Development Consent Order (DCO) which will eventually see the Teddington direct river abstraction scheme designated as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project.

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.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has formally designated the National Policy Statement (NPS) for water resources infrastructure – the NPS sets out policies for developing nationally-significant infrastructure projects for water resources in England.

Anglian Water has resubmitted its proposals to relocate Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant to the Planning Inspectorate.

The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs has published the final version of the National Policy Statement for Water Resources Infrastructure following the outcome of its consultation on the draft NPS which ran between 29 November 2018 to 31 January 2019.