Implement statutory timelines for environmental permitting

Statutory timelines for environmental permitting

Full Recommendation Text

Implement statutory timelines for environmental permitting. The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 should be amended to:

Require all applications have a time limit for decision-making no longer than 42 days (and this should not, as is currently the case, be a basis for prolonging the pre-application stage).
Limit mutually agreed extensions to a single extension of 56 days. If no permit has been granted in this timeframe, the applicant should have the right to appeal to the Secretary of State, who must decide within 30 days.

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Ownership

Primary Owner

DEFRA

Co-owners

DESNZ

Key Regulators

Environment Agency

Delivery Timeline

759 days

31 Dec 27

Original target: December 2027

Scope

Sectors

civil

Domains

permittingenvironmental

Implementation Type

secondary legislation

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