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From
David Gerry
Date advice given
14 January 2014
Enquiry type
Email

FAO Sophie Moeng. I refer to your e-mail sent to xxxx and dated 02.2013 and sent at 3.08pm. I note that a full set of documents(for the above application) will be available for the public to read at---- and you list 4 locations. Would you please note that either Swanage Library or Swanage Town Hall should be also be issued with a full set of all documents .

The People of Swanage and nearby villages have to travel about 18 miles to Bournemouth via a ferry crossing or a distance of about 20 miles to Poole central Library, and some may be involved in several bus routes.

The population of Swanage includes a higher than national average of Senior Citizens , some of whom may have difficulty in reaching the libraries in Poole and Bournemouth .

If / when this application reaches your office, it will generate intense local interest. It is anticipated that the application will be many, many pages long and may well take some hours / days to read and digest properly and it would be wise to make several copies available at each of the locations that they are sent to, otherwise members of the public may have to wait or make appointments to be able to access the documents. Perhaps it would be worth making the documents available on a web site and give some publicity to that fact.

Advice given

Thank you for your email. I note that it is marked for the attention of Sophie Moeng; the Senior Stakeholder Manager at Navitus Bay Development Ltd. If Ms. Moeng was the intended recipient of this correspondence, may I recommended redirecting your email for her attention to info@navitusbay.com.

If and when the application for the proposed Navitus Bay Wind Park is submitted to the Planning Inspectorate, and if it is decided that that application is of a satisfactory standard to be examined by the Inspectorate on behalf of the Secretary of State, both the application documents and all submissions to that examination will be published to the National Infrastructure pages of the Planning Portal website. The Navitus Bay Wind Park project page is available on the following link: http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/projects/south-east/navitus-bay-wind-park-formerly-isle-of-wight/?ipcsection=overview

Based on the information available to me, Swanage Library appears to offer full internet access to the public and therefore if the application is accepted to be examined by the Inspectorate residents of Swanage should be able to use their local library to access the application and examination documents if they wish. The opening hours for Swanage Library are available on the following link: http://www.dorsetforyou.com/swanagelibrary