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Norfolk Vanguard 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 10 December 2018

The examination closed on 10 June 2019

Upcoming deadlines and events

There are no deadlines and events

Past deadlines and events

10 December 2018 - Preliminary Meeting

Closed

Preliminary Meeting

10 December 2018 - Open Floor Hearing 1

Closed

Open Floor Hearing

16 January 2019 - Deadline 1

Closed

Deadline 1 Deadline for receipt of: • Comments on Relevant Representations (RRs) • Summaries of all RRs exceeding 1500 words • Written Representations (WRs) • Summaries of all WRs exceeding 1500 words • Local Impact Reports from any local authorities • Statements of Common Ground (SoCG) requested by the ExA • Statement of Commonality of SoGCs • Applicant’s Guide to the Application • The Compulsory Acquisition (CA) schedule • Responses to the ExA’s Written Questions • Comments on updated application documents including specific comments upon drafting of the DCO • Comments on any additional submissions • Responses to further information requested by the ExA • Notification by Statutory Parties and certain Local Authorities who wish to be considered as an Interested Party • Notification of wish to speak at a Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH) • Notification of wish to speak at Open Floor Hearing (OFH) • Notification of wish to make oral representations at the Issue Specific Hearing on the draft Development Consent Order (DCO) • Notification of wish to make oral representations at the Issue Specific Hearing on Environmental matters • Notification of wish to attend an Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI), suggested locations and justifications • Notification of wish to have future correspondence electronically

30 January 2019 - Deadline 2

Closed

Deadline 2 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Comments on WRs and responses to comments on RRs • Comments on Local Impact Reports • Comments on responses to the ExA’s Written Questions • Revised draft DCO from Applicant • Responses to further information requested by the ExA

5 February 2019 - Issue Specific Hearing 1

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing into onshore environmental matters: to include all environmental and amenity matters

6 February 2019 - Issue Specific Hearing 2

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing into offshore environmental matters: to include offshore ecology and processes

6 February 2019 - Open Floor Hearing 2

Closed

Open Floor Hearing

7 February 2019 - Issue Specific Hearing 3

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing into the draft DCO

14 February 2019 - Deadline 3

Closed

Deadline 3 • Post hearing submissions including written submissions of oral cases • Responses to further information requested by the ExA

27 February 2019 - Publication by the ExA

Closed

Publication by the ExA of: • The ExA's Further Written Questions (if required)

13 March 2019 - Deadline 4

Closed

Deadline 4 Deadline for receipt of: • Responses to the ExA’s Further Written Questions (if required) • Applicant’s revised draft DCO • Updated SoCGs • Updated Statement of Commonality of SoCGs • Applicant’s updated Guide to the Application • Responses to further information requested by the ExA

20 March 2019 - Deadline 5

Closed

Deadline 5 • Comments on responses to ExA’s Further Written Questions (if required) • Responses to further information requested by the ExA

25 March 2019 - Accompanied Site Inspection

Closed

Accompanied Site Inspection to be held on Monday 25 March & Tuesday 26 March

26 March 2019 - Accompanied Site Inspection

Closed

Accompanied Site Inspection to be held on Monday 25 March & Tuesday 26 March

27 March 2019 - Issue Specific Hearing 4

Closed

Date reserved to hold an Issue Specific Hearing into environmental matters

28 March 2019 - Issue Specific Hearing 5

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing into the draft DCO

28 March 2019 - Compulsory Acquisition Hearing

Closed

Compulsory Acquisition Hearing

29 March 2019 - Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 2

Closed

Compulsory Acquisition Hearing NB - if matters are concluded on the afternoon of Thursday 28 March then the hearing on Friday 29 March will not be required. Therefore any party that wishes to attend the Compulsory Acquisition Hearing should attend by 3:00pm on Thursday 28 March 2019.

5 April 2019 - Deadline 6

Closed

Deadline 6 Deadline for receipt of: • Responses to further information requested by the ExA • Post hearing submissions including written submissions of oral case

24 April 2019 - Issue Specific Hearing 6

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing into Environmental Matters - to conclude no later than 5pm

24 April 2019 - Open Floor Hearing 3

Closed

Open Floor Hearing - to conclude no later than 9pm

25 April 2019 - Issue Specific Hearing 7

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing on the draft Development Consent Order

2 May 2019 - Deadline 7

Closed

Deadline 7 Deadline for receipt of: • Updated SoCGs • Updated Statement of Commonality of SoCGs • Applicant’s updated Guide to the Application • Responses to further information requested by the ExA • Post hearing submissions (if required)

9 May 2019 - Publication by the ExA of

Closed

Publication by the ExA of: • The Report on the Implications of European Sites (RIES) • The ExA's draft DCO schedule of changes (if required)

21 May 2019 - Issue by the ExA of

Closed

Time reserved by the ExA of: • Any further information requests under Rule 17 (if required)

30 May 2019 - Deadline 8

Closed

Deadline 8 Deadline for receipt of: • Comments on the RIES • Comments on the ExA’s draft DCO schedule of changes (if required) • Final updated version of the Book of Reference • Applicant’s final guide to application document • Final CA Schedule • Final SoCGs • Final Statement of Commonality of SoCGs • Responses to further information requested by the ExA • Applicant’s final updated Guide to the Application • Final DCO to be submitted by the Applicant in the SI template with the SI template validation report

6 June 2019 - Deadline 9

Closed

Deadline 9 Deadline for the receipt of: • Responses to comments on the RIES • Responses to comments on ExA’s draft DCO schedule of changes