Infrastructure Legislation

Regulations governing public works, infrastructure development, construction standards, and facility maintenance.

The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Clacton Airshow) Regulations 2026

Published: Fri 12th Jun 26

The Secretary of State enacted regulations imposing temporary flight restrictions, effective August 27th, 2026, around the Clacton Airshow area to ensure public safety during aerial displays.


The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Clacton Airshow) Regulations 2026 establish temporary flight restrictions necessary for public safety during scheduled flying displays at Clacton-on-Sea on August 27th and 28th, 2026, by prohibiting aircraft from flying below 3,500 feet within a 3-nautical-mile radius of the specified center point between 0900 and 1600 hours UTC on those dates, with exceptions granted only by the Airshow Flying Display Director.

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The Provision of Information (Contractual Control) (Registered Land) Regulations 2026

Published: Fri 12th Jun 26

The Regulations instituted mandatory requirements for providing, retaining, and publishing detailed contractual control information related to specific registered land rights via the Land Registrar, effective April 2027, enforced through registration sanctions.


These Regulations, made under the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, establish mandatory requirements for providing specific 'contractual control information' concerning certain types of restrictive agreements affecting registered land in England and Wales to the Chief Land Registrar, with a commencement date of April 6th, 2027.

The rules define what constitutes a 'contractual control right' (such as options, rights of pre-emption, or contingent dispositions), establish timetables and methods (via conveyancers) for submitting this data upon creation, assignment, or variation, and mandate that the Registrar retain and publish this information in a dataset, subject to certain exemptions like national security or short-term rights.

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The Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Generation Assets (Correction) Order 2026

Published: Tue 9th Jun 26

A formal order was enacted to implement specific textual and administrative corrections across various articles and schedules of the 2025 Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Generation Assets Order.


This Order, made under powers in the Planning Act 2008, formally corrects specified errors and omissions discovered in the original Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Generation Assets Order 2025.

The corrections, detailed in a Schedule, primarily involve substitutions, insertions, and omissions to definitions, geographical descriptions, procedural language, and an associated office address, ensuring the primary development consent order accurately reflects the approved plans.

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The Cory Decarbonisation Project (Correction) Order 2026

Published: Tue 9th Jun 26

The Secretary of State used powers under the Planning Act 2008 to issue an Order correcting technical errors identified in the Cory Decarbonisation Project Order 2025.


This Statutory Instrument, The Cory Decarbonisation Project (Correction) Order 2026, formally enacts specific textual corrections to the preceding Cory Decarbonisation Project Order 2025, which originally granted development consent under the Planning Act 2008; these technical amendments, necessitated by identified errors relating to interpretation, compulsory acquisition provisions, and schedule details, were made by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero following a formal request from the project applicant.

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The A47 Wansford to Sutton Development Consent (Revocation) Order 2026

Published: Wed 3rd Jun 26

Revoked the 2023 development consent for the A47 Wansford to Sutton infrastructure project.


This Order revokes the development consent previously granted for the A47 Wansford to Sutton road project.

It exercises the Secretary of State's power under the Planning Act 2008 to cancel an existing Development Consent Order (DCO) without an external application.

The revocation applies to all powers and authorizations originally provided to the project promoters under the 2023 Order.

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The A46 Coventry Junctions (Walsgrave) Development Consent (Correction) Order 2026

The legal instrument corrected specified technical errors and omissions within the associated A46 Coventry Junctions (Walsgrave) Development Consent Order 2026 following a formal request.


This Statutory Instrument, the A46 Coventry Junctions (Walsgrave) Development Consent (Correction) Order 2026, formally amends the original 2026 Development Consent Order concerning the A46 Coventry Junctions project by correcting specific errors and omissions identified in the primary order, as authorized under the Planning Act 2008, with corrections detailed in the accompanying Schedule relating to interpretations, limits of deviation, street stopping up, and various works plans.

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The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Bristol) (Emergency) (Revocation) Regulations 2026

Published: Fri 15th May 26

The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Bristol) (Emergency) Regulations 2026 were revoked, ending emergency flight restrictions over Bristol effective immediately on May 15th, 2026.


These Regulations formally abolish the temporary, emergency restrictions that were previously placed on flying within a specified area near Bristol, as outlined in the earlier 2026 instrument, confirming that the emergency situation necessitating the restriction has concluded and it is no longer required in the public interest.

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The Infrastructure Planning (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

The regulations amended the Infrastructure Planning (Fees) Regulations 2010 by inserting definitions for 'the land' and 'local authority' and designating the host local authority as a Prescribed Public Authority eligible to charge fees.


The Infrastructure Planning (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 modify the existing 2010 Regulations concerning fees for nationally significant infrastructure projects, primarily by inserting standardized definitions for 'the land' and 'local authority' into the rules and by explicitly recognizing the local authority in whose area the land is situated as a Prescribed Public Authority entitled to charge fees for relevant services, with the regulations generally applying to England and Wales and specifically to cross-country oil or gas pipelines involving Scotland.

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