Nationally significant infrastructure projects: changes to an application after it has been accepted for examination

Publication Year

2026

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Comprises advice on how a change can be requested to a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) application after it has been accepted for examination, and before the close of the examination. Covers: who can make a request to change an application; when a change request should be made; when a change request can be accepted; additional compulsory acquisition powers; new or revised information; process for requesting a change to an application; timing implications of submitting a change request; pre-examination stage; and examination stage.

Document History

Last updated: 18 August 2026 - Updated on an initial basis to reflect some of the key changes to the Planning Act 2008 process introduced by the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025. A further detailed review of the Planning Inspectorate’s advice page collection will commence from summer 2026. This review will inform future updates to the advice page collection to fully align content with the amended legal framework. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nationally-significant-infrastructure-projects-changes-to-an-application-after-it-has-been-accepted-for-examination 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: 8 August 2024.

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