The Chancellor is proposing sweeping reforms that will give Parliament the authority to approve critical energy schemes and better protect infrastructure projects from judicial review.

Thames Water has issued a final call to comment on proposed new 150 billion litre reservoir in Oxfordshire - deadline to submit comments to the consultation closes at 11:59pm on 13 January 2026.

Anglian Water has launched the first stage of a wide-ranging procurement exercise for major infrastructure planning and consents, support and advisory services with an estimated value of up to £99 million (inc VAT).

Emma Reynolds, Secretary of State at the Department Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has agreed to a request from Northumbrian Water Group to designate its Suffolk Water Recycling, Transfer & Storage Project as development for which development consent is required under the Planning Act 2008.

Anglian Water's Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant Relocation application has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Steve Reed.

Ofwat has agreed that the proposed Havant Thicket Reservoir solution should continue to receive development funding to progress to gate four of the RAPID process – despite significant concerns raised by a wide range of stakeholders following the water sector regulator’s draft decision published on 12 November 2024.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pledged to fasttrack the sign-off of 150 Development Consent Orders (DCOs) for infrastructure during this parliament in his ‘Plan for Change’ speech delivered today at Pinewood Studios.

The Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development( RAPID) has agreed to a request from Thames Water to push back its Gate three submission for the London Water Recycling project - Teddington Direct River Abstraction scheme to December 2024.

The UK’s largest water company has secured planning approval for a reservoir embankment trial which will inform design plans for a proposed reservoir near Abingdon.

In a key milestone for the River Thames Scheme (RTS), partners The Environment Agency and Surrey County Council have launched the next phase of their search for a construction partner to build the scheme.