The Infrastructure Planning (National Policy Statement Consultation) Regulations 2009
Part 2 of the Planning Act 2008 provides for the Secretary of State to designate policy statements as national policy statements. These statements may set out national policy in relation to certain major infrastructure developments and for the purposes of the determination of applications for development consent under the Act. The Act sets out a number of consultation and publicity requirements which must be fulfilled before a statement can be designated as a national policy statement.