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Mainly due to NIMBYism and planning/environment laws becoming more complex. E.g. to get a 132+ kV circuit constructed you need to go through the DCO/NSIP proce
by scrlk 4y ago
Mainly due to NIMBYism and planning/environment laws becoming more complex.
E.g. to get a 132+ kV circuit constructed you need to go through the DCO/NSIP process which takes many years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_significant_infrastructure_project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_significant_infrast...
The CEGB constructed the 400 kV supergrid in the space of 15 years during the 60s and 70s. A project of such magnitude today would most likely be tied up in the planning consent process for 10+ years.
- b112 4y agoMainly due to NIMBYism and planning/environment laws becoming more complex. I agree, but also think that outside of the nimbys, other processes could be vastly improved. There should not be 30 agencies involved, or even 5. There should be 1. And that 1 agency can cover all of this, run all studies in parallel, and be a single contact point. It should take days or weeks. Not months or years.
- scrlk 4y agoFor NSIP projects, there's already a single government body (Planning Inspectorate) that is in charge of the process. Agreed, the process needs to get a lot quicker for all infrastructure projects.
- MichaelZuo 4y ago> It should take days or weeks. Not months or years. I don't see how? A single court challenge + inevitable appeal would alone take up over a year.