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Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm Examination timetable

The examination timetable shows the dates of events and deadlines for submissions.

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The examination stage

The examination opened on 26 September 2013

The examination closed on 26 March 2014

Upcoming deadlines and events

There are no deadlines and events

Past deadlines and events

24 September 2013 - Site Visit (Unaccompanied) 1

Closed

Unaccompanied Site Visit

26 September 2013 - Preliminary Meeting

Closed

Preliminary meeting to discuss the examination procedure.

7 October 2013 - Deadline 1

Closed

Issue by ExA of: • Examination timetable • ExA’s first written questions

23 October 2013 - Deadline 2

Closed

Issue by ExA of: • Notification by ExA of date, time and place for issue-specific hearings and open-floor hearings • Provision by ExA of agenda for Issue-Specific Hearings at timetable Item 6

28 October 2013 - Deadline 3

Closed

DEADLINE I Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Comments on relevant representations (RRs) • Summaries of all RRs exceeding 1500 words • All written representations (WRs) • Summaries of all WRs exceeding 1500 words • The Applicant’s audit of the Environment Statement (ES) and Habitats’ Regulation Assessment Report (HRA), responding to a proposed 1MW increase in the installed capacity of the proposed development (the ES and HRA audit) • The applicants proposed revised draft Development Consent Order (DCO) to incorporate two Deemed Marine Licenses (DMLs) • The applicant’s Master Index of Statements of Common Ground, Commercial Side Agreements or Planning Obligations (the Master Index) (see Annex C(i)) • Statements of Common Ground (SoCG) requested by ExA (see Annex C(ii)) • Any Local Impact Report • Responses to ExA’s first written questions • Changes to the Applicant’s draft matrices summarising effects on European sites (See Annex C(iii)) • Notice of wish to be heard at an open-floor hearing • Notice of wish to be heard at any issue-specific hearings • Nominations of locations to be inspected during any site visits and the features to be observed there, with reasons for each nomination • Notice of wish to participate in the examination in Welsh / Dyddiad cau ar gyfer rhoi rhybudd o'ch dymuniad i gymryd rhan yn yr arholiad yn y Gymraeg • Notice of need for Welsh translation services at a particular nominated hearing / Dyddiad cau i roi rhybudd o'ch angen am wasanaethau cyfieithu Cymraeg mewn gwrandawiad a enwebwyd penodol

10 November 2013 - Site Visit (Unaccompanied) 2

Closed

USVs to North Wales coastline, Liverpool City Centre sites and Mersey Ferry

13 November 2013 - Deadline 4

Closed

DEADLINE II Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Responses to comments on RRs • Comments on WRs • Comments on responses to ExA’s written questions • Comments on Applicant’s draft matrices summarising effects on European sites • Comments on Local Impact Reports (if submitted) • Comments on the applicant’s ES and HRA audit • Comments on the applicant’s proposed revised draft DCO to incorporate two DMLs • Written summaries of matters to be raised by interested parties in their oral representations at an Open-floor Hearing

Deadline for issue by the ExA to the National Infrastructure pages of the Planning Portal website of: • Notice that accompanied site inspections will be carried out and a list of sites to be visited, or • Notice that no accompanied site inspections will be carried out

19 November 2013 - Issue Specific Hearing 1

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing

19 November 2013 - Site Visit (Unaccompanied) 3

Closed

Included visits to the coast within the City of Liverpool, the Metropolitan Boroughs of Wirral and Sefton, the north coast of the Mersey estuary, the mouth of the Alt river, the Lancashire coast extending from the Ribble estuary via Lytham, St Anne’s and Blackpool to Fleetwood, where the mouth of the Wyre river and Morcambe Bay were viewed

20 November 2013 - Issue Specific Hearing 2

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing

21 November 2013 - Issue Specific Hearing 3

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing

5 December 2013 - Deadline 5

Closed

DEADLINE III Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Written summaries of all submissions and evidence provided during the issue-specific hearing at timetable Item 6 • Any additional evidence requested by the ExA during the issue-specific hearing at timetable Item 6 • Responses to questions raised by the ExA during the issue-specific hearing at timetable Item 6 that were unable to be answered during the hearing • The applicant’s report on changes to the applicant’s Master Index (if any) since timetable Item 4 • Requests to attend any accompanied site inspection provided for under timetable Item 5

10 December 2013 - Issue Specific Hearing 4

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing

11 December 2013 - Issue Specific Hearing 5

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing

11 December 2013 - Open Floor Hearing

Closed

Open Floor Hearing

12 December 2013 - Issue Specific Hearing 6

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing

7 January 2014 - Deadline 6

Closed

DEADLINE IV Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Written summaries of all submissions and evidence provided during the issue-specific and/or Open-floor hearings at timetable Items 8 or 9 • Any additional evidence requested by the ExA during the issue-specific and/or Open-floor hearings at timetable Items 8 or 9 • Responses to questions raised by the ExA during the issue-specific or Open-floor hearings at timetable Items 8 or 9 that were unable to be answered during the hearing • The applicant’s report on changes to the applicant’s Master Index (if any) since timetable Item 7 • Statements of progress and cross-border matters (if any) emerging from other consenting bodies (Natural Resources Wales/Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru and Denbighshire County Council) work on related applications.

7 January 2014 - Deadline 7

Closed

DEADLINE IV Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Written summaries of all submissions and evidence provided during the issue-specific and/or Open-floor hearings at timetable Items 8 or 9 • Any additional evidence requested by the ExA during the issue-specific and/or Open-floor hearings at timetable Items 8 or 9 • Responses to questions raised by the ExA during the issue-specific or Open-floor hearings at timetable Items 8 or 9 that were unable to be answered during the hearing • The applicant’s report on changes to the applicant’s Master Index (if any) since timetable Item 7 • Statements of progress and cross-border matters (if any) emerging from other consenting bodies (Natural Resources Wales/Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru and Denbighshire County Council) work on related applications. Deadline for issue by the ExA to the National Infrastructure pages of the Planning Portal website of: • A detailed schedule of arrangements for accompanied site inspections. This schedule will not be issued unless inspections were notified at timetable Item 5 and persons requested to attend at timetable Item 7

28 January 2014 - Issue Specific Hearing 7

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing

29 January 2014 - Issue Specific Hearing 8

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing

30 January 2014 - Issue Specific Hearing 9

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing

5 February 2014 - Deadline 8

Closed

DEADLINE V Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Written summaries of all submissions and evidence provided during any issue-specific hearings at timetable Item 11 • Any additional evidence requested by the ExA during any issue-specific hearings at timetable Item 11 • Responses to questions raised by the ExA during any issue-specific hearings at timetable Item 11 that were unable to be answered during the hearing • Applicant’s revised draft DCO taking account of issues raised in all hearings and WRs to date

19 February 2014 - Deadline 9

Closed

Issue by ExA of: • A Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES) taking issues raised and comments into account

26 February 2014 - Deadline 10

Closed

Issue by ExA of: • Revised draft DCO taking issues raised and comments into account • Second written questions (if required)

7 March 2014 - Deadline 11

Closed

Issue by ExA of: • Third written questions

13 March 2014 - Deadline 12

Closed

DEADLINE VI Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Responses to ExA’s second written questions • Comments on ExA’s revised draft DCO • Comments on ExA’s RIES • Responses to Exa's third written questions

25 March 2014 - Deadline 13

Closed

DEADLINE VII Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Comments on responses to ExA’s second written questions • Responses to comments on ExA’s revised draft DCO • Comments on responses to ExA's third written questions