Planning Act 2008: guidance on preparing an application: part 1 - pre-application steps (July 2026)
Publication Year
2026
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Comprises guidance on preparing an application for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs), focusing on pre-application steps for Development Consent Order (DCO) applications. Covers: statutory requirements principles of pre-application, pre-application engagement and consultation, key considerations in preparing an application, roles during the pre-application stage, programme management, outcome of the pre-application stage and rights of entry notice.
Document History
Supersedes: Planning Act 2008: pre-application stage for nationally significant infrastructure projects (April 2024) (DLUHC, 2024). Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/planning-act-2008-guidance-on-preparing-an-application-part-1-pre-application-steps and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 3 July 2026.
Publisher Information
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is a UK Government ministerial department with responsibility for several policy areas including building regulation, community integration, economic development in coastal and seaside areas, energy efficiency in buildings, high streets and town centres, housing, local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and Enterprise Zones, localism, planning reform and the planning system. They were previously known as the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, MHCLG, Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.
