The Planning Podcast 007 - Infrastructure with Hugh Richards and Angus Walker 30-06-2020

The Planning Podcast turns to infrastructure. Richard Kimblin QC interviews Angus Walker, Chair of the Board of the National Infrastructure Planning Association: progress with the consenting of infrastructure projects during the emergency whether consenting procedures might actually be better after the emergency infrastructure and economic recovery. And ‘Drax’ - a case with a mix of Net Zero, a DCO and a late letter to the Secretary of State - Hugh Richards, planning and environmental barrister at No5 Chambers takes us through the facts, the issues and the practical points arising. And there is Hugh Richards' follow-up note here: (https://www.no5.com/media/publications/the-client-earthdrax-case/)