Advice to Anthony Vickery
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- Anthony Vickery
- Date advice given
- 27 July 2011
- Enquiry type
Correspondent contacted IPC asking for advice as to how to object to Navitus Bay Wind Park.
Advice given
As you may be aware, this proposal is identified under the project name of 'Navitus Bay Wind Park formerly Isle of Wight' on the IPC website http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/projects/south-east/navitus-bay-wind-park-formerly-isle-of-wight/. At this link you will find contact details given to us by the promoter Eneco Wind UK Ltd.
Until an application is made to us, the project promoter is your first point of contact for any comments you have on the proposal. Eneco has published on their website information surrounding public consultation events and provided an email address for comments which should enable you to be involved in their consultation process. http://www.navitusbaywindpark.co.uk/
The Planning Act 2008 created the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) and the processes by which proposals for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects will be determined. At this stage (pre-application), the Act only allows the IPC to provide advice on the process for submitting or commenting on a proposed application, rather than on the merits of the proposal.
The promoter has advised us that it is working with the local authorities about how consultation could be undertaken. There are also requirements about who should be consulted and these include specific local authorities, parish councils and the wider community among others.
Should an application be submitted, the promoter will be required to explain how it has taken account of comments received during any consultation. I attach a weblink to Government guidance on how promoters should approach the consultation process for this kind of development: http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/guidancepreapplication.pdf.