Legislation – Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025
Part 1Infrastructure
Chapter 1Nationally significant infrastructure projects
12Changes to, and revocation of, development consent orders
(1)
(2)
Omit paragraph 2 (non-material changes to orders granting development consent) and the italic heading before it.
(3)
In paragraph 3 (changes to, and revocation of, orders)—
(a)
in sub-paragraph (3)(b), omit “or paragraph 2 of this Schedule”;
(b)
in sub-paragraph (5A), after “should” insert “, when considered in conjunction with any other changes already made,”
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(4)
“(6A)
If a development consent order is changed in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 3(1), the development consent order continues in force.
(6B)
If a development consent order is changed or revoked in the exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 3(1), the change or revocation takes effect on—
(a)
the date on which the order making the change or revocation is made, or
(b)
if the order specifies a date on which the change or revocation takes effect, the specified date.
(6C)
Except in a case within sub-paragraph (7), the Secretary of State must publish an order making a change to, or revoking, a development consent order in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate.”
(5)
In section 118 of the Planning Act 2008 (legal challenges)—
(a)
omit subsection (5);
(b)
in subsection (6)(b), for “notice of the change or revocation” to the end substitute “the order making the change or revocation is published.”
(6)
In consequence of the amendment in subsection (2), omit—
(a)
paragraph 4(6)(a) of Schedule 8 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009,
(b)
paragraph 72(4) to (7) of Schedule 13 to the Localism Act 2011,
(c)
section 28(2) of the Infrastructure Act 2015,
(d)
paragraph 8(3)(b)(i) of Schedule 7 to the Wales Act 2017, and
(e)
section 128 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.