Request a Secretary of State reviews a decision.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently, the Sec of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government is deciding to use Development Consent Orders to settle applications for interconnector power cables rather than allow those decisions to be made by local planning authorities. We believe that LPAs should decide.

We therefore request that the House considers the following petition

We the undersigned request that the House asks the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government reverse his decision to decide applications for interconnector projects via Development Consent Orders and instead revert to the relevant local planning authorities.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Projects that are designated as Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, which includes projects for interconnectors, require Development Consent Orders, rather than local planning permission.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to change the rules for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, so that these can be decided by local planning authorities, if that is what you want to happen.

Timeline

12 Oct 2020	Petition opened for signatures
19 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Oct 2020

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