Advice to Navitus Bay Development Ltd
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- Navitus Bay Development Ltd
- Date advice given
- 19 June 2014
- Enquiry type
We understand that three Annexes to the technical appendix of Chapter 16 (Shipping and Navigation), Volume B of the Environmental Statement were erroneously omitted from Navitus Bay's electronic submission. These Annexes are as follows:
? Annex A ? Consequences Assessment Report ? Annex B ? Hazard Log ? Annex C ? Navitus Bay MGN Checklist.
We would be grateful if this omission could be brought to the attention of the Examining Authority when appointed, so that an appropriate opportunity to submit copies of the Annexes can be scheduled into the examination timetable
Advice given
We note that there are a small number of annexes to the Environmental Statement that were unintentionally omitted from your application to the Planning Inspectorate for the Navitus Bay Wind Park. It is understood that this is the result of an administrative oversight.
As you will be aware, the application is currently in the pre-examination stage and an Examining authority has not yet been appointed to examine the project. We are not able to accept any other documentation until the examination begins and as such, the omitted annexes cannot be entered into the examination at this stage. It is up to you, as the applicant, to decide when to make the Examining authority aware of this information. The Planning Inspectorate however offered the following advice on how to proceed.
The earliest opportunity for submission of the documentation will be the preliminary meeting. The Examining authority will then be able to make a decision on how best to proceed including whether or not to accept the material into the examination.
To enable this information to be brought into the public domain and comply with the Planning Inspectorate's openness policy, I would suggest that you follow the following approach.
You may wish to submit a formal request to the Examining authority, when appointed, to submit the information at the preliminary meeting. When issuing the Rule 6 letter, the Examining authority may make reference to this information and bring these matters to the attention of all interested parties and other persons invited to the preliminary meeting in advance of that meeting.
If the Examining authority decides to accept the information, the information would then be published on the Planning Inspectorate project webpage shortly after the preliminary meeting and considered by the Examining authority as formally submitted. This would afford all interested parties the opportunity to view and comment on the submitted material at the start of the examination period.