6.18 The Government has made good progress in completing the infrastructure planning cases within the legacy case backlog, with eight projects granted consent worth a total of £4 billion, including a large 245MW offshore wind power scheme off the Yorkshire Coast, and a scheme to improve the A1 at Elkesley.
6.19 The Government will continue to work to clear the backlog and to this end both the Department for Energy and Climate Change and the Department for Transport have committed to determining backlog cases within 3 months once they are ready for a decision. These projects tend to be complex and progress relies as much on developers and local authorities as central Government.