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Advice to Copeland Borough Council

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Enquiry

From
Copeland Borough Council
Date advice given
15 February 2012
Enquiry type
Email

I note from the IPC web page that the preliminary meeting will be held in public and also that interested parties will receive an invite.

I would like to request that myself and Steve Smith (interim Manager of Nuclear & Energy) be added to the list of interested parties. Copeland is at the early stages of the DCO process and we feel that it would be beneficial to monitor the process of the Hinkley Point C application.

If this is possible could you confirm that we will be added to the mailing list for future meetings etc.

Advice given

Thank you for your recent email.

The term Interested Party has a statutory definition within the IPC process and is accorded to people or organisations that make a relevant representation regarding the merits of the scheme. It also encompasses statutory consultees and affected parties with a legal interest in the land that is directly affected by the application.

A relevant representation must be made on the prescribed form during the specified registration period. As the period for an organisation such a Copeland Borough Council to register for the Hinkley Point C application closed on 23rd January 2012, we are unable to consider you as an Interested Party for the scheme.

However the Panel of Commissioners that constitute the Examining Authority may exercise their discretion and permit other parties to participate on a case by case basis during the different parts of the examination.

Your representation asking to participate in parts of the process will therefore be made available to the Examining Authority. You should also be aware that the Preliminary Meeting is a meeting held in public. General members of public and other bodies can therefore attend, subject to the venue's capacity and the numbers present. Interested Parties will get priority in terms of seating.

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