Transport Select Committee urges DfT to redraft planning policy statements…
The Transport Select Committee has criticised the DfT’s planned revision of the National Networks National Policy Statement (NNNPS) for not giving sufficient weight to Net Zero. The Committee has published its analysis of the government’s proposals to revamp planning policies for nationally significant road and rail infrastructure projects (NSIPs). They urged ministers to redraft sections that would be used to determine whether major new projects are compatible with net zero legislation, based on the carbon emissions that would be produced during and after their construction. In its current form, the NNNPS would not cut emissions in live with decarbonisation targets. The Committee also made recommendations on the way the DfT looks at different options for projects, how to make its decision-making more transparent, and that calculations of future demand should be more transparent. It proposes that there should be an over-arching Transport NPS, including airports, which would consider new infrastructure, its carbon emissions and impact on sites of biodiversity or geological interest. . Tweet Transport Select Committee urges DfT to redraft planning policy statements to align with net zero objectives 20 OCT, 2023 BY THOMAS JOHNSON (New Civil Engineer) The Transport Select Committee has criticised the Department for Transport’s (DfT’s) planned revision of the National Networks National Policy Statement (NNNPS) for not giving sufficient weight to Net Zero. The Transport Select Committee has published its
