Infrastructure
Members of Cornerstone Climate frequently advise developers, local authorities and resident groups on infrastructure projects, often acting in major inquiries and on Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP).
Recently this has included:
- Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station, representing parties in a judicial review challenge to grant planning permission for the station in Suffolk.
- Gatwick Airport Expansion, representing a large coalition of local authorities through the development control process.
- Sunnica Energy Farm, a case for development of the UK’s largest solar farm on over 1,000 hectares of farmland in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
- Recharge One, securing permission for a developer to build an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging centre in the South Downs National Park.
- HS2, promoting the Phase 2B Hybrid Bill for the UK’s largest infrastructure project.
- East Anglia GREEN Grid Reinforcement, acting for a local authority regarding the connection of new offshore wind generation to the National Grid.
- Gullwing Bridge, advising on the carbon implications of the now consented bridge in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
- Great Yarmouth Third River Crossing, advising on the carbon implications, both embodied and in operation, of the now consented bridge in Suffolk.