The Infrastructure Planning (Rights of Entry Notice) Regulations 2026

Explanatory note

Reproduced verbatim from the instrument as published on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). The note is prepared by the responsible government department and is not part of the instrument itself.

The Planning Act 2008 (c. 29) (“ the Act ”) provides for the granting of development consent for certain types of nationally significant infrastructure projects. Section 53(1) of the Act provides an authorised person with the right to enter any land in connection with an application, proposed application or order granting development consent for the purpose of surveying and taking levels of it, or in order to facilitate compliance with the provisions mentioned in section 53(1A) of the Act. A person exercising a right of entry onto any land must provide at least 14 days’ notice of the intended entry to every owner or occupier of the land.

Regulation 3 prescribes the information that must be included in, and must accompany, the rights of entry notice.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.