At present large projects in England and Wales are dealt with under the "nationally significant infrastructure" planning regime.
The new trains will enter service on the Great Western mainline in 2017 and on the East Coast mainline in 2018, taking advantage of the significant infrastructure work Network Rail has planned for the routes.
On the Victoria, Gatwick and Surrey disruptions, Network Rail Sussex route managing director Tim Robinson said: "These are three significant infrastructure upgrades which have been carefully planned to take place at the same time to keep disruption to a minimum".
The planning bill will improve the speed and efficiency of the planning system for nationally significant infrastructure, including new nuclear power stations whilst giving local people a greater opportunity to have their say.
Although communities are expected to develop long-term CSO control plans (U.S. EPA 1995), these plan can be expensive and require significant infrastructure changes; therefore, it is useful to understand the health impact of these events.
The day before parliament rose, MPs voted in an unusual paper ballot to implement a two-page statutory instrument which adds nuclear waste storage to the list of nationally significant infrastructure projects in England, via the 2008 Planning Act.
The proposed planning changes would mean applications for large onshore windfarms would be handled by councils through the locally led planning system, not the nationally significant infrastructure regime.
There will be another round of consultation later in 2017 on Highways England's more detailed proposed solution before it submits its development consent order application – a type of planning application needed for nationally significant infrastructure projects – in 2018.
Significant infrastructure development has already taken place, and more is planned.
Some Tory MPs have been angered by the mooted planning changes, which would allow shale gas wells to be drilled without the need for planning permission and class fracking sites as nationally significant infrastructure.
LRCH is conducting a public consultation on the proposed development, which was designated a nationally significant infrastructure project earlier this year - the first commercial venture to come into this planning category.
