Development Consent Order (DCO) projects – update *

United Kingdom - March 21 2013
On 19 March 2013 the Secretary of State for Transport, Patrick McLoughlin MP, granted consent for Lancashire County Council's Heysham to M6 Link Road…

Update on national policy for roads *

United Kingdom - March 1 2012
In late November 2011 Infrastructure UK published its second National Infrastructure Plan.

Local authority highway schemes may be using wrong consent process *

United Kingdom - February 23 2012
Highway schemes promoted by local authorities may come under the authorisation regime introduced by the Planning Act 2008, and if they do, it is a criminal offence to build them without obtaining consent under that Act.

Co-authors: Angus Walker.

The development pool – sink or swim? *

United Kingdom - August 9 2011
9 September 2011 is a date looming large for the promoters of 45 local authority major transport schemes, many of which are road schemes.