Consultation on streamlining infrastructure planning

Closes 27 Oct 2025

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Pre-application: enhancing notification and publicity

17. Do you agree that requiring the following information in notifications to the Planning Inspectorate, host local authorities, and the Marine Management Organisation would be beneficial in enabling them to prepare for examination? What other information or documents could be encouraged through guidance? Please give reasons.

(a) Where the most up-to-date information is published and available to view

(b) When notifying the Marine Management Organisation, whether a proposed application is expected to require a marine licence for any licensable activities

(c) Publishing the notification on the applicant’s project website

(d) Publishing the notification on the applicant’s project website

(e) Other - please provide your views. 

18. Should guidance indicate a point at which the applicant should issue the notification? If so, at what should it say?

Please provide your views. 

19. Do you agree that a specific format with contents requirements, would be beneficial to standardise this duty for both the applicant and the Planning Inspectorate when ensuring that this Duty has been met (please specify why)? We would also welcome views on what further guidance may support this clarity.

Please provide your views. 

20. Do you agree with the proposal to move to a ‘digital first’ approach by only requiring information to be made available for inspection online? Please explain why. The government would welcome information and data about any potential impacts, including equalities impacts, of this change.

Please provide your views. 

21. What further guidance would support applicants to undertake effective publicity which enables transparency and public awareness?

Please provide your views.