Building Blocks | Developments for the UK construction industry | July 2025
Published on 22nd July 2025
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Construction and infrastructure
Draft Planning and Infrastructure Bill timeline
Keep up to date on developments to the draft Planning and Infrastructure Bill as it progresses through Parliament. This page sets out the bill's key stages, estimated dates and related Insights from Osborne Clarke.
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Planning system changes look to aid the delivery of UK infrastructure
The government's recently published UK infrastructure strategy reads as part policy, part manifesto and will be material in planning decisions and setting out government support for many of the projects highlighted in the 10-year plan.
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What does the UK government's 10-year Infrastructure Strategy mean for the energy sector?
The government published its long-term plan for the UK's economic infrastructure strategy on 19 June. It includes significant investments for clean and nuclear energy as part of the UK's 2030 commitments to net zero.
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More topics you may be interested in
Real Estate
Government proposes the abolition of upwards only rent reviews in new commercial leases in England and Wales
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Regulatory
Procurement Act 2023 introduces new mandatory exclusion grounds from UK public bids for tax penalties
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Planning, environment and energy
Environmental marketplaces: EU and UK head towards copycat ETSs and CBAMs
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Environmental marketplaces: creating a high-integrity voluntary carbon market in the UK
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Environmental marketplaces: UK progresses with plans for a wider series of nature markets
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Winds of change: UK government moves to accelerate onshore wind energy
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ESG Knowledge Update | July 2025
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Real Estate
Great Jackson ruling highlights need to balance development and control in UK urban projects
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Employment
UK and EU GDPR for HR | Summer 2025
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Court of Appeal rules that UK directors must act honestly towards the company's board and members
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Guaranteed hours and 'day one' employment rights for UK agency workers deferred to 2027
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Employment Law Coffee Break - Implementation of the Employment Rights Bill, the new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud, and managing the risk of psychiatric injury to employees in disciplinary proceedings.
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Data Protection
Data (Use and Access) Act becomes law with first changes to UK GDPR
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