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Created under the Planning Act 2008, a development consent order is required when a proposed development is considered a nationally significant infrastructure project. What is classed as a nationally significant infrastructure project was determined in the Planning Act 2008 by setting thresholds relating to different types of infrastructure developments that need to be met in order to gain this classification. These are large scale developments, both onshore and offshore, such as new harbours, roads, railways, power stations (including wind farms), electricity transmission lines and waste management facilities <ref name="foo" >Department for Communities and Local Government, 2015. Planning Act 2008: Guidance on Changes to Development Consent Orders. London, p.4.</ref> | Created under the Planning Act 2008, a development consent order is required when a proposed development is considered a nationally significant infrastructure project. What is classed as a nationally significant infrastructure project was determined in the Planning Act 2008 by setting thresholds relating to different types of infrastructure developments that need to be met in order to gain this classification. These are large scale developments, both onshore and offshore, such as new harbours, roads, railways, power stations (including wind farms), electricity transmission lines and waste management facilities <ref name="foo" >Department for Communities and Local Government, 2015. Planning Act 2008: Guidance on Changes to Development Consent Orders. London, p.4.</ref> | ||