IPC

The Infrastructure Planning Commission which would adjudicate on projects such as Covanta is being abolished. I presume this will then mean it will be judged by the local planning authority. However with threats of costly appeals and the possibility of it being 'called in' by the secretary of state there is still a fair bit of central involvement. IPC 'Instant Planning Consent' as one local wag refers to it. Still, the new government might struggle to get its new nuclear power stations through without it. I predict a new form of control and direction will emerge.