Endorsement of the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan, the Centralised Strategic Network Plan and the Electricity Transmission Design Principles in the National Policy Statements should not become official until these plans are finalised and have completed public consultation and environmental assessments. At that stage, the Government should review the proposed policy wording to do so and should implement any necessary changes through the streamlined procedure for amending the National Policy Sta...

Endorsement of the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan, the Centralised Strategic Network Plan and the Electricity Transmission Design Principles in the National Policy Statements should not become official until these plans are finalised and have completed public consultation and environmental assessments. At that stage, the Government should review the proposed policy wording to do so and should implement any necessary changes through the streamlined procedure for amending the National Policy Statements being introduced in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. (Recommendation, Paragraph 46) 53 Type: recommendation | Number: 15 | Response status: accepted Government response: The proposed amendments to the NPSs mean that the CSNP will only be endorsed when certain steps have been completed, which include completing public consultation and relevant environmental assessments and publication on NESO’s website. Similarly, the reference to SSEP only applies once it is endorse