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From
Angus Walker
Date advice given
15 January 2015
Enquiry type
Email

Please could you clarify whether the application now contains both the original turbine area and the turbine area mitigation option, or just the latter. If it contains both options, will the panel be recommending just one of them to the Secretary of State?

Advice given

As explained in the procedural decision letter regarding the Mitigation Option issued on 13 January 2015, the Examining Authority (ExA) has decided that the Turbine Area Mitigation Option does amount to a material change but not to the point of constituting a new application. It can therefore be included in the examination as part of the application (para 1.1).

The Mitigation Option therefore will be considered within the existing application. To clarify, the Mitigation Option does not replace the original application, as explained in paragraph 3.5 of the procedural decision. DCLG Guidance allows for more than one option in the draft Order and for the option to be explored as part of the examination. This is what the ExA have decided to do.