New fast-track planning to be tested on several major projects

The Government has announced it will select a handful of major projects to bring forward to test its new regime to speed up the planning process for major infrastructure schemes.
It wants to fast-track major infrastructure projects such as new transport links, offshore wind farms and waste water management facilities.
Between 2012 and 2021 the time it took for projects to go through the Development Consent Orders (DCO) process has risen from 2.6 to 4.2 years.
Work will start identifying the proj