Consultancy RPS falls on the belief that planners will go ahead with gas storage developments before a new system takes in. The firm has submitted an application for a £300 million expansion of its offshore natural gas storage facility in the Irish Sea on behalf of Centrica.

RPS director Geoff Bullock said:

While clear national policy statements and the infrastructure planning commission should help simplify and speed up the consenting process, there is already strong national policy support for additional gas storage.

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