As a statutory instrument, a DCO once awarded is a piece of secondary legislation. 3 https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/. 4 These studies were commissioned by planning consultants, development specialists and lawyers. The first commission was for an objective and impartial ...
The review contains much useful background as to the current position, including analysis of the 34 challenges to DCOs which have been brought (30 of which have challenged the grant of a DCO and of which 4 claims were successful), average timescales for each stage of the process and some o...