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Advice to George and Pauline Pope

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Enquiry

From
George and Pauline Pope
Date advice given
17 August 2010
Enquiry type
Post

Mr and Mrs Pope wrote to express concern that work may begin on the Hinkley C generating station project prior to the grant of a DCO, and to make representations on the merits of the case.

Advice given

The IPC advised that DCOs cannot be granted retrospectively, and that it is an offence to carry out, or cause to be carried out, development for which a DCO is required where no DCO has been granted.

We explained that we could not comment on the merits of the case or the programme of construction that EDF may be considering, but set out how to make representations once an application was submitted.

We suggested that Mr and Mrs Pope may wish to write to EDF and their local planning authority with their concerns.

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