Planning Act 2008: guidance on preparing an application: part 3 - content of a development consent order (July 2026)
Publication Year
2026
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Comprises guidance on the content of a Development Consent Order required for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs). Covers: draft DCO, structure of a draft DCO, main components of a draft DCO and the Explanatory Memorandum.
Document History
Supersedes: Planning Act 2008: content of a development consent order required 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-3-content-of-a-development-consent-order 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.
