DEFRA smooths major projects path

The Government is setting up a Major Infrastructure and Environment Unit to try and reduce the delays to major projects in England brought about by the need to comply with the European Habitats and Wild Birds Directives. The unit, to be set up by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, will engage at an early stage with nationally significant infrastructure projects, “ensuring evidence plans are agreed upfront and identifying where imperative reasons of over-riding public...

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