We welcome the new strategic framework for energy infrastructure planning which the Government proposes to endorse in the National Policy Statements. However, even with these changes, the National Policy Statements do not sufficiently reflect the highly important role that strategic plans are intended to have in guiding future energy infrastructure development to achieve the Government’s 2030 and 2050 targets. The relationship between the plans and the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Pr...

We welcome the new strategic framework for energy infrastructure planning which the Government proposes to endorse in the National Policy Statements. However, even with these changes, the National Policy Statements do not sufficiently reflect the highly important role that strategic plans are intended to have in guiding future energy infrastructure development to achieve the Government’s 2030 and 2050 targets. The relationship between the plans and the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects regime is far from clear. (Conclusion, Paragraph 23) Type: conclusion | Number: 5 | Response status: accepted Government response: The reference to the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) in the NPS will ensure that it is accorded weight in the planning system once it is endorsed by all relevant governments. A reference to how the Centralised Strategic Network Plan (CSNP) and SSEP will interact has been added to the NPS. This