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<p>The Government take the potential environmental impacts of the Oxford Cambridge
Expressway seriously. The National Planning Policy Framework is designed for the local
authority-led Town and Country Planning system, which usually deals with much smaller
developments. As a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, the Oxford Cambridge
Expressway must comply with the (more extensive) requirements of the National Networks
National Policy Statement, which are specifically designed to ensure that the impacts
of major infrastructure are properly considered and mitigated.</p><p> </p>
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