The Future of Infrastructure Planning

The Future of Infrastructure Planning was a free event hosted by the Construction Industry Council on February 16 2010. Starting with a presentation from ICE on the need for renewal of our infrastructure on a national scale, the chairman of the Infrastructure Planning Commission then set out plans for this new body and outlined the future work programme. The final presentation of the day from DECC outlined the key points in relation to the new National Policy Statements on Energy. These national policy statements are a crucial element of the new system. National Policy Statements set out current energy policy as it should be applied at a strategic level. The IPC then determines consent for individual projects.