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Dec 10, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Robbie Owen |Scott Wright
Several important policies, targets and legislation around planning, infrastructure and industries are expected to be announced by the Labour government in 2025. This provides the prime minister with an opportunity to reclaim the narrative and clearly set out how his mission-driven approach will put the UK on a positive economic trajectory and improve people’s lives.
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Nov 29, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Robbie Owen
The sites where Smithfield and Billingsgate markets are operated are run by the City of London Corporation, the local authority whose jurisdiction spans ‘the square mile’ at the heart of London’s financial centre.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Robbie Owen
The UK government can provide some solutions to the challenges businesses face in delivering ‘nationally significant infrastructure projects’ (NSIPs) quickly by implementing recommendations arising from a review carried out by a leading barrister, an infrastructure strategy and planning expert has said.
Robbie Owen of Pinsent Masons was commenting after Lord Charles Banner KC set out 10 recommendations for reducing delays to NSIPs in a report published by the UK government on Monday.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Anne-Marie Friel |Robbie Owen
The news coincided with publication of a new report by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) (46-page / 1.4MB PDF) that identified “a lack of clear strategic direction” as one of four “root causes” of the soaring cost of UK infrastructure projects and the common failure to deliver them on time or on budget. Pinsent Masons contributed to the NIC’s report.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Robbie Owen
The Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government recently launched a consultation seeking views on proposed reforms to the national planning policy framework (NPPF) and broader national planning policy. The proposals aim to achieve sustainable growth in the planning system across England. Addressing increasing issues with water scarcity and quality are part of the government proposals.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Robbie Owen |Sonal Shah
Proposals published by Ofwat give water companies in England more certainty over how water supply infrastructure projects will be funded and delivered in the years ahead, according to experts at Pinsent Masons.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Andrew Henderson |Robbie Owen
Here, we take a closer look at the pledges relevant to the infrastructure sector. Labour have said they would develop a long-term strategy for transport to ensure transport infrastructure can be delivered efficiently and on time. In relation to rail, the party plans to bring the railways back into public ownership and introduce Great British Railways.
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Robbie Owen
The UK government’s decision in October to cancel phases 2a and 2b of HS2 demonstrated how much the UK’s economic infrastructure projects can be caught up in short-term politics and the British electoral cycle. A change of approach is needed to deliver the infrastructure the UK needs in the long-term.
It is completely right that elected politicians decide on infrastructure priorities, but nobody benefits when decisions taken are subsequently reversed.
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Nov 23, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Richard Griffiths |Robbie Owen
The government has committed to reviewing planning policies specific to some ‘nationally significant infrastructure projects’ (NSIPs) more regularly, as part of a wider drive to update planning rules to drive increased productivity and economic growth.
Under the plans outlined on Wednesday, national policy statements (NPSs) for energy, water, and national networks would be reviewed at least every five years, instead of every 10 years as has been the practice.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Robbie Owen
The second National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA2), conducted by the National Infrastructure Commission, sets out a number of recommendations for transforming the UK’s energy, transport, and other crucial networks over the next three decades. According to the Commission, the government’s commitment to increasing public sector infrastructure investment to approximately £30 billion annually will need to be sustained until 2040.
