Advice to Canterbury City Council
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- From
- Canterbury City Council
- Date advice given
- 11 August 2011
- Enquiry type
- Phone
Advice was sought on the stage at which a local authority (LA) should submit their ?Local Impact Report? (LIR), and what should be contained within this document. Clarity was also sought on the process by which a LA would submit an ?adequacy of consultation representation?.
Advice given
Upon submission of an application, the IPC will invite relevant LAs (i.e. the host ?B? and adjoining ?A? authorities) to submit an ?adequacy of consultation representation?. This representation means a representation about whether the developer has complied, in relation to the proposed application, with their duties under sections 42, 47, and 48 of the Planning Act 2008 (PA 2008). The IPC must determine whether the application can be accepted or not within the period of 28 days, beginning with the day after the date of receipt of the application. The IPC therefore seek a response from LAs within 14 days of requesting any adequacy of consultation representation. LAs are therefore encouraged to start thinking of the content and internal approval procedures for this as early as they can.
IPC Advice note one: Local Impact Reports (LIR), which is available on the IPC website, concerns the production of the LIR, and is intended to assist LAs with the form and content of these reports.
The deadline for submission of the LIR is set following the preliminary meeting. The Examining Authority (ExA) agrees the date by which any LIR must be received by the Commission and the period within which an interested party will have the opportunity to make written comments on that report as part of the examination timetable. CLG guidance indicates that the deadline for submission should be six weeks from the last day of the preliminary meeting, though the actual deadline is at the discretion of the ExA.