Advice to Jenny Youden
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- From
- Jenny Youden
- Date advice given
- 2 October 2013
- Enquiry type
- Phone
Phone call from member of the public regarding pre-application consulation and information about the project.
Advice given
Thank you for your telephone call on 1 October 2013 regarding the above application.
As discussed over the telephone, the above application is currently at the pre-application stage of the Planning Act 2008 process (as amended). The application therefore has not been formally submitted to the Planning Inspectorate yet. The pre-application stage is mainly driven by the applicant to carry out its consultation with local communities, statutory undertakers and the local planning authorities. Please note that there is no statutory deadline for the pre-application stage.
Once the application is formally submitted by the applicant to the Secretary of State (SoS) and if accepted for examination, there will be an opportunity to become an interested party by submitting a relevant representation. The purpose of submitting a relevant representation is to express directly to the appointed Examining Authority (ExA) your views on whether you agree or disagree with the proposed application.
For more information on how the process works and how to get involved you may find it useful looking at our Advice Notes 8.1 - 8.3 (please use link below).
http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/legislation-and-advice/advice-notes/
As discussed over the telephone, if you wish to find out more specific information about the project itself, I suggest looking at the project website and/or contacting the applicant Power Progress Limited. I am including project details and the contact details for the applicant below for your information.
Please note that before the formal submission of the application for Development Consent, the applicant can request the SoS for a formal written opinion, known as a 'Scoping Opinion' on the information that they should include in their Environmental Statement (ES). The purpose of applicant?s Scoping Report is to provide the SoS with information about the proposed development and an assessment of possible effects that the development may have on environment.
Once a request for a Scoping Opinion is made by the applicant, the SoS will then provide its opinion in relation to the proposed development based on the information provided by the applicant and the responses received from the relevant statutory consultees. Further information on Scoping Opinions can be found in Advice Note 3. Please see link below
http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/advice_note_3_v5.pdf
As discussed over the phone, you might find it useful looking at the Scoping Report submitted by the applicant regarding the application and/or the Planning Inspectorate's Scoping Opinion produced by the SoS. I am including the link to those documents below.
Please don?t hesitate to contact us should you have any further questions.