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Advice to RWE Npower Renewables Ltd

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From
RWE Npower Renewables Ltd
Date advice given
20 May 2011
Enquiry type
Email

Does the IPC see any difficulty with a single application for development consent including two Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects?

Advice given

Whilst it will clearly be for the applicant to decide how to proceed in the context of each specific project, there would appear to be nothing in the Act to prevent this in principle. I would refer you to para 12 of the CLG Guidance on Associated Development (http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/guidanceassocdevelopment.pdf) which states the following: "a single application can cover more than one NSIP. As far as possible we would wish to encourage applicants to make a single application where NSIPs are clearly linked". I'd also point you to para.4.9 of draft revised EN1 which portrays a similar sentiment.