Developers: get environmental advice on your planning proposals
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How developers can get advice on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and applications for planning, permission in principle and technical details consent.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
How developers can get advice on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and applications for planning, permission in principle and technical details consent. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- When to consult the agencies
- Consult Natural England
- Consult the Environment Agency
- Consult the Marine Management Organisation
- If you need an environmental permit
- If you need planning and environmental consents
- Nationally significant infrastructure projects
- If you need an environmental impact assessment
- Preparing an environmental statement
- When you can pay for agency advice
- Request Natural England advice
- Request Environment Agency advice
- Request Environment Agency advice online
- For other help
Source and licence
Natural England
AttributionNatural England, ‘Developers: get environmental advice on your planning proposals’ (updated 1 July 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026