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We specialise in the management of NSIP and infrastructure planning applications, providing end-to-end support from pre-application and consultation through examination, recommendation and decision. Our detailed understanding of infrastructure planning processes allows us to anticipate scrutiny, address potential issues early and maintain momentum through examination. In addition, we provide expert support for infrastructure planning appeals and post-consent matters, drawing on practical experience of examination procedures and decision-making criteria. Our approach ensures that applications are not only capable of securing consent, but are also deliverable in practice.

 

INC delivers comprehensive DCO and infrastructure planning management services, supporting projects through every stage of the Development Consent Order process and wider infrastructure consenting regimes. We lead the preparation and coordination of infrastructure planning documents, ensuring they are policy-compliant, technically robust and clearly presented for examination. Our team manages complex multidisciplinary inputs, interfaces with statutory consultees and planning authorities, and maintains control of programme, quality and regulatory compliance throughout the DCO lifecycle.

 

We can also provide infrastructure planning appraisal and consenting advice based on initial and schematic plans, through attending site visits or at initial consultation meetings. We are experienced advisers on routes to planning consent and can write consenting management documents, briefs and strategy documents to suit your project... Being involved from an early stage will mean that we can help identify necessary deliverables, future consenting risks and inform delivery programmes...  Please contact our consultants and we will be happy to discuss potential advice options relevant to your project.

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INC provides end-to-end consenting management for nationally significant infrastructure projects and major developments. We coordinate complex workstreams, manage multidisciplinary teams and ensure that applications are technically sound, procedurally compliant and strategically aligned from the outset. Our approach is grounded in detailed knowledge of infrastructure consenting regimes and planning legislation, combined with hands-on experience delivering major project applications. We oversee the preparation of application documents, manage interfaces between technical specialists, and maintain clear lines of communication with regulators and stakeholders.

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By identifying potential obstacles early, we help avoid delays, unnecessary rework and examination risk. Our focus is always on securing timely, robust approvals that are capable of implementation. The result is a consenting process that is controlled, efficient and resilient under scrutiny, providing clients with certainty and confidence as projects progress toward delivery.

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