7 January 2025 - Deadline 2
OpenDeadline 2
For receipt by the ExA of:
- Comments on Written Representations
- Comments on the Local Impact Reports
- The Applicant’s revised dDCO
- Status of Negotiations / Compulsory Acquisition Schedule
- Draft Statements of Common Ground – see Annex D
- Statement of Commonality on Statements of Common Ground
- Comments on any further information/additional submissions received by Deadline 1
- Any further information requested by the ExA
10 January 2025 - Publication by the ExA of
Publication by the ExA of:
- The ExA’s First Written Questions (ExQ1)
31 January 2025 - Deadline 3
Deadline 3
For receipt by the ExA of:
Responses to ExQ1
Interested Parties are required to notify the Examining Authority (ExA) in writing of their wish to take part in an Open Floor Hearing (OFH) or Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH)
21 February 2025 - Publication by the ExA of 2
Publication by the ExA of:
- The ExA’s final itinerary for the ASI (if required)
24 February 2025 - Dates reserved for ASIs and hearings
ASI and Hearings
Dates reserved for ASIs and hearings wc 24 February 2024:
- Further ISHs (if required)
- CAH (if required)
- Further OFHs (if required)
- ASIs (if required)
11 March 2025 - Deadline 4
Deadline 4
For receipt by the ExA of:
- Post-Hearing Submissions, including written summaries of oral submissions and any documents requested by the ExA
- Comments on the Applicant’s revised dDCO at Deadline 3
- Comments on any additional submissions received by Deadline 3
- Any further information requested by ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
25 March 2025 - Publication by the ExA of 3
Publication by the ExA of:
Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES) and any associated questions (if required)
The ExA’s Second Written Questions (ExQ2) (if required)
15 April 2025 - Deadline 5
Deadline 5
For receipt by the ExA of:
- Responses to ExQ2
- Comments on the Applicant’s revised dDCO
- Comments on any additional submissions received by Deadline 4
- Any further information requested by ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
22 April 2025 - Deadline 6
Deadline 6
For receipt by the ExA of:
- Updated DCO
- Updated BoR
- Updated SoCG
- Comments on the RIES (if required)
- Comments on any additional submissions received by Deadline 5
- Any further information requested by ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
29 April 2025 - Deadline 7
Deadline 7
For receipt by the ExA of:
- Comments on Deadline 6 submissions
6 May 2025 - Deadline 8
Deadline 8
For receipt by the ExA of:
Final DCO to be submitted by the Applicant in the SI MS Word template. Applicant to provide the email notification from https://publishing.legislation.gov.uk/validation confirming the document has successfully passed validation, and the PDF version of the SI validation report obtained from the link in the notification email. The Applicant should also provide a clean (all tracking removed) standalone MS Word version of the dDCO, with no header or cover page.
Final updated BoR and schedule of changes to BoR
Final SoCG
Final Statement of Commonality of SoCG
List of matters not agreed where SoCG could not be finalised
Final Navigation Document/Guide to the application
Final Status of Negotiations CA Schedule
Final Status of Negotiations with Statutory Undertakers
Final NPS tracker
Final signed and dated section 106 – if needed
Comments on any further information received
Comments on any additional information/submissions received by Deadline 5
Responses to ExQ2 and RIES (if issued)
Any further information requested by ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
19 May 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