Planning Act 2008: guidance on powers to direct a project into or out of the NSIP regime (July 2026)
Publication Year
2026
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Provides guidance on powers to direct a project into or out of the nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs) regime. Covers: section 35 directions - 'direct-in' power, information to support a section 35 request, section 35 direction decisions, section 35B directions ('direct-out' power), section 35B direction requests, section 35B direction decisions, format, reasons and publication of a section 35B direction and alternative consenting regimes.
Document History
Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/planning-act-2008-guidance-on-powers-to-direct-a-project-into-or-out-of-the-nsip-regime 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.
