SI 2026/309 - The A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) Development Consent (Revocation) Order 2026

S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2026 No. 309 INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING The A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) Development Consent (Revocation) Order 2026 Made - - - - 17th March 2026 Coming into force 18th March 2026 The Secretary of State, in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011(a), gave notice of the intention to consider making an Order to revoke the A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) Development Consent Order 2023(b). The Secretary of State has considered the responses to the publicity carried out in accordance with regulations 55 and 56 of the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders Regulations 2011. The Secretary of State is satisfied that there are exceptional circumstances that make it appropriate to exercise the power to make the Order revoking the A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) Development Consent Order 2023 without an application to do so being made. The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 3(1) and (7)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008(c), makes the following Order. Citation and commencement 1. This Order may be cited as the A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) Development Consent (Revocation) Order 2026 and comes into force on 18th March 2026. Revocation of the A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) Development Consent Order 2023 2. The A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) Development Consent Order 2023 is revoked. (a) S.I. 2011/2055, amended by S.I. 2012/635, S.I. 2012/2654, S.I. 2012/2732, S.I. 2013/522, S.I. 2013/755, S.I. 2015/377, S.I. 2015/760, S.I. 2015/1682, S.I. 2017/314, S.I. 2017/524, S.I. 2018/378, S.I. 2019/734, S.I. 2020/764, S.I. 2020/1534, S.I. 2022/634 and S.I. 2023/1071. (b) S.I. 2023/834. (c) 2008 c. 29. Paragraph 3 was amended by paragraph 72(3), (8) and (9) of Part 1 of Schedule 13 and Part 20 of Schedule 25 to the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), section 28(3) of the Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), S.I. 2018/1232 and S.I. 2023/1424.Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Natasha Kopala Head of the Transport and Works Act Orders Unit 17th March 2026 Department for Transport EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Order) This Order revokes the A303 (Amesbury to Berwick Down) Development Consent Order 2023 (“the DCO”), a development consent order made under the Planning Act 2008 (“the Act”). The Secretary of State has made this Order having given notice of her intention to revoke the DCO without an application being made to her pursuant to paragraph 3(1) and (7)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Act. 2