Presentation from Simone Wilding and Dr Pauleen Lane at the NIPA annual conference on 26 June 2019.

1. PINS’ Perspective & Priorities
Simone Wilding Dr Pauleen Lane
Head of Major Professional Lead
Casework National Infrastructure
The Planning Inspectorate

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Outline
• Update on PINS’ Transformation
• Stocktake and Forward Look
• Standards of Applications
• Tips for ‘smoother’ examinations
• Changing Practice

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PINS’ Transformation
• Website/Portal
update
• Inquiries
review
implementation
• Performance
recovery

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Stocktake
75 Decided
All of PINS’
statutory targets
delivered on time
29 ‘live’ - new
record since 2014

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18/19 Stocktake
Energy Transport Waste (Waste)
Water
Business &
Commercial
Total
Pre-Application 16 29 0 0 2 47
Live with PINS/SoS 14 15 0 0 0 29
Post Decision 49 23 2 1 0 75
Total 79 67 2 1 2 151

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Forward Look
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Active Pre-app Cases – Predicted Submission Dates
Transport Energy

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Standard of Applications
s55(3) The Secretary of State may accept the application only if ....
(f) … the application … is of a standard that the Secretary of State
considers satisfactory
• s37(3) specifies the development, prescribed
documents and information
• Consistency across all application documents
• Adequately describes the development
• Descriptions of Works in DCO = plans etc
• Limits of deviation

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• Provide evidence for
all asserted agree-
ments from the start
• Agree modelling data
prior to submission
• Avoid need for
changes
Tips for ‘smoother’
examinations

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Changing Practice
• Trialling all
electronic
submissions
• Renewed focus
on eliminating
‘loose ends’
• Early
procedural
decisions

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Issues to Watch
Biodiversity and Net
Environmental Gain
Air Quality – delivering the
current plan but also PMs
research
Environmental Data – clear on
which scenario and response
to update
Carbon Emissions – progress
on change of target to Net
Zero and incorporation of
international aviation and
shipping from 2033
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