The Secretary of State revoked the emergency flying restrictions previously imposed over the Southway, Plymouth area via a prior statutory instrument.

These Regulations immediately revoke the previous emergency order that restricted flying over the Southway area of Plymouth because the Secretary of State determined the necessity for the emergency restriction no longer exists in the public interest.

The Secretary of State imposed immediate, temporary flying restrictions below 3,500 feet over a specified one-mile radius near Bristol due to a public interest emergency, effective May 3rd, 2026.

The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Bristol) (Emergency) Regulations 2026 enacts immediate, emergency-based restrictions on all aircraft flying below 3,500 feet above mean sea level within a one-nautical-mile radius centred on specific coordinates near Bristol, authorizing the restriction by the Secretary of State for Transport due to a matter affecting public interest, with exemptions only for aircraft operating under directions from the Avon and Somerset Police.

The Secretary of State exercised powers under Schedule 4 of the Planning Act 2008 to issue specific textual corrections across articles, requirements, and schedules of the Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025 to remedy identified errors.

This Statutory Instrument introduces necessary corrections to the Rampion 2 Offshore Wind Farm Order 2025, which originally granted development consent for the wind farm under the Planning Act 2008.

Made by the Secretary of State on April 23rd, 2026, the Order specifies textual amendments, referenced in a schedule, across various articles and requirements of the initial Order to rectify identified errors following a formal request by the applicant.

The United Kingdom enacted eleven time-bound, geographically defined temporary flight restrictions below 4,000 feet on April 24, 2026, to facilitate essential helicopter operations.

These Regulations, made by the Secretary of State using powers under the Air Navigation Order 2016, impose temporary flight restrictions on aircraft flying below specified altitudes (between 1,500 and 4,000 feet above mean sea level) within eleven distinct geographical areas across parts of North West and South West England and surrounding areas on April 24, 2026, between 11:45 and 14:15 UTC. The restrictions are enacted in the public interest to accommodate an intended helicopter flight and include specific exemptions for certain air traffic control units, emergency services, and scheduled movements at specified airports.

The amendment officially updated definitions, increased generating capacity, modified authorized works, and revised building height parameters for the North Killingholme Generating Station Development Consent Order 2014.

This Order, made under the Planning Act 2008, formally amends the North Killingholme (Generating Station) Order 2014 following a successful application for non-material changes concerning infrastructure planning.

The key revisions include updating the definition of works plans to incorporate a specific July 2025 works plan and a July 2025 feasibility study related to carbon capture readiness, increasing the authorized generating capacity from 470 MWe to 550 MWe, making minor adjustments to the list of authorized works (adding an auxiliary boiler and stack), and substantially revising the prescribed building heights for various components of the generating station, including introducing a new maximum height of 140 metres for the flare stack.

The Regulations imposed temporary altitude and radius restrictions on unmanned aircraft flight near Epsom for June 5th and 6th, 2026, citing public safety concerns for the Derby event.

These Regulations establish a temporary restriction on the flying of unmanned aircraft below 1,700 feet above mean sea level within a 2 nautical mile radius centered near Epsom on June 5th and 6th, 2026, between 0700 and 1900 hours Co-ordinated Universal Time daily, due to the anticipated large public gathering for the Epsom Downs Derby, with exceptions made only for aircraft authorized by the Epsom Heliport temporary Air Traffic Control Unit or those operated by Surrey Police.

The Order formally approved seven specified highway authorities to levy charges for occupation of the highway under existing lane rental regulations.

The Street Works (Charges for Occupation of the Highway) Order 2026, made by the Secretary of State for Transport, formally approves seven specified local highway authorities in England—Buckinghamshire Council, North Yorkshire Council, Oxfordshire County Council, and the London Boroughs of Camden, Enfield, Lambeth, and Merton—to implement charges for street occupation during works, in accordance with their respective Lane Rental Schemes under the 2012 Regulations, thereby allowing these authorities to manage road congestion caused by street works.

* The Secretary of State made an Order amending the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Development Consent Order 2024 following an application for non-material changes, updating descriptions in Schedule 1, altering highway and access provisions in Schedule 2, modifying measurements in Schedules 7 and 8, and substituting the list of certified documents in Schedule 10.

This Statutory Instrument, the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Development Consent (Amendment) Order 2026, was made by the Secretary of State for Transport to implement specific non-material changes to the original A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Development Consent Order 2024.

The amendments detailed across multiple schedules primarily involve minor alterations to the authorized works descriptions, precise adjustments to the classification and measurements of highways, updates to permanent stopping up and provision of new access ways, and revisions to the list of certified documents governing the project.