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Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm Examination timetable

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

If you have registered to have your say, you can do this in the examination stage.

The examination stage

The examination opened on 12 November 2013

The examination closed on 12 May 2014

Upcoming deadlines and events

There are no deadlines and events

Past deadlines and events

12 November 2013 - Preliminary Meeting

Closed

Preliminary meeting to discuss examination procedure

20 November 2013 - Deadline 1

Closed

Issue of: • Examination timetable • Examining Authority’s (ExA’s) first Written Questions • Requests for Statements of Common Ground (SoCG) • Notice of publication of Note of the Preliminary Meeting

16 December 2013 - Deadline 2

Closed

DEADLINE I for the ExA’s receipt of: • Local Impact Reports • Written Representations • Responses to ExA’s first Written Questions • Statements of Common Ground • Comments on Relevant Representations • Any summaries of Relevant Representations exceeding 1500 words • Any summaries of Written Representations exceeding 1500 words • Applicant’s revised draft Development Consent Order (DCO) • Applicant’s clarifications and errata to application documents • Applicant’s matrices to inform the Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES) • Notification by Statutory Parties to inform the ExA of a wish to be considered an Interested Party

To request of the ExA that a particular type of hearing or visit take place, and to notify of an intention to participate in such a hearing: • Notification of wish to be heard at a Compulsory Acquisition Hearing by Affected Persons • Notification of wish to be heard at an Open Floor Hearing by Interested Parties • Notification of wish to attend the ExA’s inspection of a site to which the application/specific matters relate in the company of Interested Parties (an Accompanied Site Visit (ASV)) – please provide reasons for sites suggested and why an accompanied visit is necessary

20 December 2013 - Deadline 3

Closed

Issue of: • Confirmation by ExA of date, time and place of Issue Specific Hearing on the DCO and Compulsory Acquisition

17 January 2014 - Deadline 4

Closed

DEADLINE II for the ExA’s receipt of: • Comments on Local Impact Reports • Comments on Written Representations • Comments on responses to ExA’s first Written Questions • Comments on Statements of Common Ground • Comments on applicant’s matrices to inform the RIES • Responses to comments on Relevant Representations • Comments on, and suggested changes to, the revised draft DCO • Comments on the applicant’s clarifications and errata • Notification of wish to make oral representations at the Hearing on the specific issue of the DCO on 27 January 2014

Additionally, the ExA may provide, to be published with the above: • Comments and questions regarding the revised draft DCO, if any

27 January 2014 - Issue Specific Hearing 1

Closed

Draft Development Consent Order issue specific hearing

4 February 2014 - Deadline 5

Closed

DEADLINE III for the ExA’s receipt of: • Post-Hearing documents including any written summary of an oral case put at any Hearing and any documents/amendments requested by the ExA • Representations from the Republic of Ireland in accordance with EIA Regulation 24 for transboundary consultation

11 February 2014 - Deadline 6

Closed

Issue of: • ExA’s second Written Questions • Details of date, time and place of ExA’s inspection of a site to which the application/specific matters relate in the company of interested parties (ASV), if required • Confirmation by ExA of date, time and place for further Issue Specific Hearings, and Open Floor Hearings if any are required

14 February 2014 - Deadline 7

Closed

DEADLINE IIIa for the ExA’s receipt of: • Applicant’s revised draft DCO taking account of issues raised and comments to date

27 February 2014 - Deadline 8

Closed

Issue of: • ExA’s request for further information

4 March 2014 - Deadline 9

Closed

DEADLINE IV for the ExA’s receipt of: • Applicant’s revised draft DCO taking account of issues raised and comments to date • Responses to ExA’s second Written Questions • Notification of wish to make oral representations at Issue Specific Hearings between 18 and 27 March 2014 • Representations from the Republic of Ireland in accordance with EIA Regulation 24 for trans-boundary consultation Additionally, the ExA may provide, to be published with the above: • Comments and questions regarding the revised draft DCO, if any

14 March 2014 - Deadline 10

Closed

DEADLINE IVa for the ExA’s receipt of: • Applicant’s revised draft DCO taking account of issues raised and comments to date with schedule of responses to issues and comments • Comments on position statements regarding onshore transport • Applicant’s offshore construction traffic Transport Study • Responses to ExA’s request for further information

18 March 2014 - Issue Specific Hearing 2

Closed

Air navigation

18 March 2014 - Open Floor Hearing 1

Closed

Open floor on Isle of Man

20 March 2014 - Open Floor Hearing 2

Closed

OF in Millom, Cumbria

26 March 2014 - Issue Specific Hearing 3

Closed

Transport, biodiversity and draft DCO issue specific hearing

27 March 2014 - Issue Specific Hearing 4

Closed

Biodiversity and Nature Conservation

28 March 2014 - Issue Specific Hearing 5

Closed

Draft DCO

3 April 2014 - Deadline 11

Closed

DEADLINE V for the ExA’s receipt of: • Post-Hearing documents including any written summary of an oral case put at any Hearing and any documents/amendments requested by the ExA • Comments on responses to ExA’s second written Questions • Comments on the applicant’s revised draft DCO

9 April 2014 - Deadline 12

Closed

Issue of: • ExA’s request for further information

14 April 2014 - Deadline 13

Closed

Issue of: • ExA’s draft DCO, if any, for consultation • ExA’s (RIES) for consultation

24 April 2014 - Deadline 14

Closed

DEADLINE Va for the ExA's receipt of: • Further information on aviation navigation

1 May 2014 - Deadline 15

Closed

DEADLINE VI for receipt of: • Any written comments on the ExA’s draft DCO • Any written comments on the ExA’s RIES • Comments on further information on aviation navigation submitted at the ExA's request

6 May 2014 - Deadline 16

Closed

DEADLINE VII for the ExA's receipt of: • Further outstanding information on aviation navigation

9 May 2014 - Deadline 17

Closed

DEADLINE VIII for the ExA's receipt of: • Comments on further outstanding information on aviation navigation submitted at the ExA's request • Any other material