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Five Estuaries 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 17 September 2024

The examination is expected to close on 17 March 2025

Upcoming deadlines and events

10 January 2025 - Deadline 5

Open

Deadline 5 Receipt by the ExA of:

• Further PADs update from Natural England (clean and tracked)
• Completed and signed Statements of Common Ground (SoCG)
• Applicant’s updated version of the dDCO (clean and tracked) (if required)
• Applicant’s update to the Land Rights Tracker (clean and tracked)
• Applicant’s updated Guide to the Application documents (clean and tracked)
• Comments on any submissions received at Deadline 4
• Any other submission from the Applicant
• Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010

13 January 2025 - Deadline 5A

Open

Deadline 5A Receipt by the ExA of:

• Written Representations relating to the Proposed Provisions (changes) submitted by the Applicant on 10 October 2024
• Requests to be heard at Open Floor Hearing 1 from parties entitled to make such requests (Alde and Ore Association and Mrs Roscoe)

13 January 2025 - Registration for the events week commencing 20 January 2025

Registration for the events week commencing 20 January 2025

• To register to take part in any of the events week commencing 20 January 2025 click on this link and complete the form

20 January 2025 - Week reserved for third round of hearings and Site Inspection

Week reserved for third round of hearings and Site Inspection:

• ISH (if required)
• CAH3 (if required)
• OFH1 (if required)
• ASI1 (if required)

3 February 2025 - Publication by the ExA of

Publication by the ExA of:

• The Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES)
• The ExA’s proposed schedule of changes to the dDCO (if required)
• The ExA’s Written Questions (ExQ3) (if required)

11 February 2025 - Deadline 6

Deadline 6 Receipt by the ExA of:

• Post-Hearing submissions including written submissions of oral case as requested by Examining Authority
• Further PADs update from Natural England (clean and tracked)
• Applicant’s updated version of the dDCO (clean and tracked) (if required)
• Applicant’s updated Guide to the Application documents (clean and tracked)
• Any SoCG updates, either agreed updating notes or unilateral notes (if required)
• Comments on any submissions received at Deadline 5 and Deadline 5A
• Any other submission from the Applicant
• Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010

3 March 2025 - Deadline 7

Deadline 7 Receipt by the ExA of:

• Comments on the Report on the Implication for European Site (RIES)
• Comments on the ExA’s proposed schedule of changes to the dDCO (if required)
• Responses to the ExA’s ExQ3 (if required)
• Applicant's final dDCO (clean and tracked)
• Applicant's final dDCO in Word in the SI template
• The SI template validation report.
• The Applicant’s final version of the Explanatory Memorandum (clean and tracked)
• Final Land Rights Tracker (clean and tracked)
• Final Book of Reference (BoR) and a schedule of any changes to BoR
• Final Statement of Reasons (clean and tracked)
• Certified copies of any executed (signed and dated) legal agreements
• Applicant’s final Guide to the Application Documents (clean and tracked)
• Final PADs update from Natural England (clean and tracked)
• Any SoCG updates, either agreed updating notes or unilateral notes (if required)
• Comments on any submissions received at Deadline 6
• Any other submission from the Applicant
• Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010

10 March 2025 - Deadline 8

Deadline 8 Receipt by the ExA of:

• Comments on any submissions received at Deadline 7
• Any other submission from the Applicant
• Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010 (if required

17 March 2025 - Close of Examination by the Examining Authority

Close of Examination by the Examining Authority

The ExA is under a duty to complete the Examination of the application by the end of the period of six months.

Please note that the ExA may close the Examination before the end of the six-month period if it is satisfied that all relevant matters have been addressed and discussed.

Past deadlines and events

28 August 2024 - Pre-examination Procedural Deadline C

Closed

Pre-examination Procedural Deadline C

Receipt by the ExA of:

• Written submissions relating to Examination procedure and any changes that are considered necessary to the draft Examination timetable
• Applicant to submit the first version of Land Rights Tracker, as required by Procedural Decision 7 in [PD-005]

9 September 2024 - Pre-examination Procedural Deadline D

Closed

Pre-examination Procedural Deadline D

Receipt by the ExA of:

• Requests by IPs to participate in Open Floor Hearing 1 (OFH1)
• Notification of suggested locations for the ExA to include in Accompanied Site Inspections (ASI)
• Responses to Relevant Representations (RRs)
• Summaries of all RRs exceeding 1500 words

9 September 2024 - Registration for the events week commencing 16 September 2024

Closed

Registration for the events week commencing 16 September 2024

• To register to take part in any of the events week commencing 16 September 2024 click on this link and complete the form

11 September 2024 - Unaccompanied Site Inspection (USI)

Closed

Unaccompanied Site Inspection (USI)

17 September 2024 - Preliminary Meeting

Closed

Preliminary Meeting (PM)

17 September 2024 - Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH1)

Closed

Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH1)

19 September 2024 - Issue Specific Hearing 1 (ISH1)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing 1 (ISH1) Environmental Matters

19 September 2024 - Issue Specific Hearing 2 (ISH2)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing 2(ISH2) Draft Development Consent Order (dDCO) matters

3 October 2024 - Deadline 1

Closed

Deadline 1 Receipt by the ExA of:

• Post-Hearing submissions including written submissions of oral case as requested by Examining Authority
• Comments on any updates to Application documents submitted prior to the PM
• Responses to RRs (if not provided at the Pre-examination Procedural Deadline D)
• Comments on Applicant’s Land Rights Tracker
• Applicant’s updated version of the draft Development Consent Order (dDCO) (clean and tracked) (if required)
• Applicant’s first update to the Statement of Commonality for SoCG;
• Applicant’s updated Guide to the Application documents (clean and tracked)
• Applicant’s update to the Land Rights Tracker (clean and tracked)
• Comments on any submissions received at Pre-examination Procedural Deadlines A, B, C and D
• Notification by Statutory Parties of a wish to be considered as an Interested Person (IP) by the ExA
• Requests from any IPs wishing to receive communications by email
• Any other submission from the Applicant
• Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010

8 October 2024 - Publication by the ExA of

Closed

Publication by the ExA of:

• The ExA’s Written Questions (ExQ1)

22 October 2024 - Deadline 2

Closed

Deadline 2 Receipt by the ExA of:

• Written Representations (WRs), including summaries for any WRs exceeding 1,500 words
• Submission of Local Impact Reports (LIR) from Local Authorities (See Annex B)
• Responses to ExQ1
• Comments on any submissions received at Deadline 1
• Updated Statement of Commonality for SoCG (clean and tracked)
• Applicant’s updated Guide to the Application documents (clean and tracked)
• Requests from any Affected Person (AP) of a wish to attend and speak at any future Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (if required)
• Requests by IPs to participate in Open Floor Hearing 1 (OFH1)
• Notification of suggested locations for the ExA to include in Accompanied Site Inspections (ASI), including the reason for nomination and matter(s) to be observed
• Any other submission from the Applicant
• Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010

29 October 2024 - Issue Specific Hearing 3 (ISH3)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing 3 (ISH3)

Environmental Matters

31 October 2024 - Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 2 (CAH2)

Closed

Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 2(CAH2)

Compulsory Acquisition and Temporary Possession matters

31 October 2024 - Issue Specific Hearing 4 (ISH4)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing 4(ISH4) Draft Development Consent Order (dDCO) matters

8 November 2024 - Publication of

Closed

Publication of:

• The ExA’s Written Questions (ExQ2) (if required)

12 November 2024 - Deadline 3

Closed

Deadline 3 Receipt by the ExA of:

• Post-Hearing submissions including written submissions of oral case as requested by Examining Authority
• Applicant’s updated version of the draft Development Consent Order (dDCO) (clean and tracked) (if required)
• Applicant’s update to the Land Rights Tracker (clean and tracked)
• Updated Statement of Commonality for SoCG (clean and tracked)
• Applicant’s updated Guide to the Application documents (clean and tracked)
• Applicant’s draft itinerary for an ASI
• Comments on any submissions received at Deadline 2
• Any other submission from the Applicant
• Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010

3 December 2024 - Deadline 4

Closed

Deadline 4 Receipt by the ExA of:

• Responses to the ExA’s ExQ2 (if required)
• Applicant’s updated version of the dDCO (clean and tracked) (if required)
• Applicant’s update to the Land Rights Tracker (clean and tracked)
• Updated Statement of Commonality for SoCG (clean and tracked)
• Applicant’s updated Guide to the Application documents (clean and tracked)
• Natural England’s first substantive Principal Areas of Disagreement (PADs) update (clean and tracked)
• Comments on any submissions received at Deadline 3
• Any other submission from the Applicant
• Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010

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