NSIP information for developers and project promoters

Suffolk County Council’s expectations and guidance for developers and promoters of NSIPs in Suffolk.

Suffolk County Council expects to engage with NSIP (Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project) promoters early on in their project development. This ensures proper understanding, minimisation, mitigation, and compensation for adverse impacts. It also maximises opportunities for community benefits, ecology improvements, enhanced landscapes, and better amenities. With experience from around 20 prior NSIPs, Suffolk County Council understands local authority requirements and can professionally engage with developers.

The Council's approach to critical energy and climate adaptive infrastructure proposals is outlined in its Energy and Climate Adaptive Infrastructure Policy, approved by Cabinet on 16 May 2023.

To support the policy, the Council has published guidance documents for project promoters, setting out its expectations and offer to promoters when dealing with NSIPs.

Supplementary guidance for NSIP developers and promoters

Contact us

If you're preparing an NSIP in Suffolk, please talk to us as soon as you can. You can email us at NSIPS@suffolk.gov.uk.