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<p>The attached table sets out the number of applications for new Development Consent
Orders (“DCO”) for energy infrastructure projects which the Department for Business,
Energy and Industrial Strategy and the former Department of Energy and Climate Change
considered in each year since the Planning Act 2008 system for nationally significant
infrastructure projects came into force on 1 March 2010. The year given is the year
when the decision was made. The region given is the region in which the Planning Inspectorate
classifies the project.</p><p>The former Infrastructure Planning Commission made one
decision to grant an energy infrastructure DCO before its abolition (2011 – East of
England, not included in the table).</p><p>One application was originally refused
consent before being granted consent on redetermination. That is included as a grant
of consent only in the table.</p><p>The Department is currently considering one application
for a DCO (not included in the attached table).</p>
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