The A1 in Northumberland: Morpeth to Ellingham Development Consent (Revocation) Order 2025

Made: 13th November 2025

Coming into force: 14th November 2025

The Secretary of State, in accordance with the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations 2011[^f00001], gave notice of the intention to consider making an Order to revoke the A1 in Northumberland: Morpeth to Ellingham Development Consent Order 2024[^f00002].

The Secretary of State, having 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, has decided that there are exceptional circumstances that make it appropriate to exercise the power to make this Order revoking the A1 in Northumberland: Morpeth to Ellingham Development Consent Order 2024 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[^f00003], makes the following Order.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the A1 in Northumberland: Morpeth to Ellingham Development Consent (Revocation) Order 2025 and comes into force on 14th November 2025.

Revocation

2

The A1 in Northumberland: Morpeth to Ellingham Development Consent Order 2024 is revoked.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Marco Picardi — Head of the Transport and Works Act Orders Unit — Department for Transport — 13th November 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Explanatory Note

This Order revokes the A1 in Northumberland: Morpeth to Ellingham Development Consent Order 2024 (“the DCO”), a Development Consent Order made under the Planning Act 2008 (“the Act”). This Order follows the Secretary of State giving notice of an intention to revoke the DCO pursuant to paragraph 3(7)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 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.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2024/733.

[^f00003]: 2008 c. 29. Paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 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.