Neutral
Informational - no clear directional impact
Low Impact
Minor progress or informational
On 30 July 2018, the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy announced that the AQUIND Interconnector would be treated as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) under the Planning Act regime. This designation moved AQUIND into the Development Consent Order (DCO) process overseen at national level rather than through standard local planning procedures.