Advice to Brian Metcalf
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- Brian Metcalf
- Date advice given
- 8 July 2014
- Enquiry type
Request for information regarding the Examination stage of the Planning Act 2008 process
Advice given
I write to provide you with some information about the Examination stage of the planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) under the Planning Act 2008 regime. As you may or may not already be aware the Examination stage is a statutory period of up to 6 months. This stage serves the purpose of allowing the appointed Examining Authority (ExA) the opportunity to seek as much information as they can about a project from various sources in order to form their recommendation.
The first step of the Examination stage actually takes place in the previous stage, Pre-Examination, where a Preliminary Meeting (PM) is held to discuss the principle issues of the project and form a timetable for the Examination itself. This timetable is formed by the ExA based on various criteria (e.g. the size of the project, level of public interest) and is fed into by the attendees of the PM who may offer comments and suggestions to the ExA as to how the timetable should be structured, particularly in terms of the inclusion of various hearings.
The Examination stage itself is primarily made up of written submissions from the various registered interested parties (IPs) at numerous set deadlines over the course of the 6 month period. As an Interested Party, Chapel Haddlesey Parish Council is entitled to make such submissions for these deadlines; the link below outlines which submissions are to be made for which deadlines:
In regards to your latest submission, dated 1 June 2014, I can see that you had not had sight of the Draft Construction Traffic Management Plan prior to being made aware of it through Eggborough Parish Council. Where this is the case could I please remind you to regularly check the Knottingley Power project page on the Planning Inspectorate pages of the Planning Portal (please see link below). Where all documents we receive for submission deadlines are usually published within 2 to 3 days.
Further to this I would recommend you have a look at our Advice Note series which explain the various components of the Planning Act 2008 process. In particular I would suggest you read AN 8.5: Participating in the Examination which provides further information to what I have explained above.
http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Advice-note-8-5v3.pdf
If you require any further information relating to navigating the website or the form of submissions then please feel free to contact us and we will aim to answer any queries.