Getting the environment agency to agree on set-aside and grant a licence to start clearing can take years.
It used to require utilities to obtain two different licences, the first to build a nuclear plant and after that a second licence to start it up.
London's new £4.2bn super sewer will cost customers less than expected, the water regulator has said, as it awarded a licence to start building the tunnel next year.
Back before the financial crisis, the banks protested so furiously against an attempt by Wal-Mart to obtain a licence to start its own ILC that the giant retailer backed down.
Two years ago he was the first foreign owner granted a licence to start competing there.Now he and the rest of the racing world are watching China, where racing seems to be blossoming into a high-society pursuit.
Recently, Reliance teamed up with the State Bank of India, the country's biggest bank, to apply for a licence to start a small payments bank.
This isn't a licence to start eating fry-ups or pouring cream down your throat, because even if the fat doesn't harm your heart, there's no doubt eating too many calories will.
New South Wales soon followed suit and in July became the first state to secure a licence to start growing, although with sales restricted to patients suffering only certain illnesses.
