The UK Government is doubling down on its clean energy plan, and it’s putting planning reform, land access, public land and grid delivery at the centre of it. It’s also considering taking a more interventionist approach, as it looks at deciding where generation, storage and networks should be built.

While some of the measures are new, some of us may feel a sense of deja vu. After all, we’ve been promised smoother grid connections and easier planning mechanisms before, so what makes this different? 

This Briefing will ask that exact question. We’ll look at whether planning and land reform can remove real bottlenecks, how far strategic siting and queue discipline may now influence project sequencing, and what developers, owners and operators should do if policy is becoming more directive about where and when assets get built.