Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Series
National Infrastructure Planning Guidance
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.
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.
Subjects
- Planning and development
- Strategic planning
- Planning control
- Planning control, England
Publisher History
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.