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Kings Lynn B Connection Project Examination timetable

The examination timetable shows the dates of events and deadlines for submissions.

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The examination stage

The examination opened on 11 January 2013

The examination closed on 10 July 2013

Upcoming deadlines and events

There are no deadlines and events

Past deadlines and events

11 January 2013 - Preliminary Meeting

Closed

Preliminary Meeting to enable views to be put to the Examining Authority about the way in which the application is to be examined

18 January 2013 - Deadline 1

Closed

Issue by the Examining authority (ExA) of:

  • Procedural timetable
  • First Written Questions

24 January 2013 - Deadline 2

Closed

Date by which Statutory Parties (SP) should notify the ExA of their wish to be considered as an interested party (IP)

29 January 2013 - Deadline 3

Closed

Notification of details – time, date, etc. for the accompanied site visit

31 January 2013 - Deadline 4

Closed

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

Statements of Common Ground, requested by ExA before the Preliminary Meeting (see Annex F of the Rule 6 letter dated 3 December 2012), from:

  • (i) the Applicant and Network Rail
  • (ii) the Applicant and Norfolk County Council
  • (iii) the Applicant and Natural England

4 February 2013 - Deadline 5

Closed

Deadline for receipt of suggestions by Interested Parties on the route for the Accompanied Site Visit (ASV) – plus the names of those who wish to attend.

18 February 2013 - Deadline 6

Closed

Deadline for receipt of all of the following

  • Comments on relevant representations (RRs)
  • Summaries of all RRs exceeding 1500 words
  • Written representations (WRs) by all interested parties
  • Summaries of all WRs exceeding 1500 words
  • Local Impact Report (LIR) - from local authorities
  • Three other ‘Statements of Common Ground’ - heralded by the Applicant (in a letter dated 21 December 2012):
  1. with Centrica (on King’s Lynn B Power Station, the proposed sub-station and a modified connection date’);
  2. with the Environment Agency (on its rights and protective provisions);
  3. with the Borough Council on planning policy matters.
  • Two other statements due to be supplied by the Applicant (mentioned in their letter of 21 Dec 2013) –
  1. a supplement to the Environmental Statement
  2. a note on other consents required
  • A further SoCG referred to at the Preliminary Meeting, to be submitted by the Applicant:
  1. with English Heritage, and a local Council, on the historic environment
  • A further SoCG – requested by the ExA – to be submitted by the Applicant:
  1. with Cambridgeshire County Council and Norfolk County Council (and King’s Lynn and West Norfolk BC) on the potential cumulative impact of highways and traffic (from construction onwards) of the Applicant’s proposals plus others currently proposed for the locality (including the proposals for major development at Palm Paper) – and the implications of that, if any, for the EIA/ES

  • Responses to ExA’s first written questions

  • Notification of wish to speak at a Compulsory Acquisition hearing (affected persons only)

  • Notification of wish to make oral representations at Specific Issue hearings

  • Habitats Regulations Matrices (Annex F of the Rule letter of 3 December 2012) – to inform the Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES) – plus the missing plans referred to in the s55 Acceptance Checklist - at 4.4(l)(iii) of 21 August 2012

25 February 2013 - Deadline 7

Closed

Notification from any interested party of a wish to speak at the (FIRST) Open-floor hearing – to be received by the ExA

27 February 2013 - Site Visit (Accompanied)

Closed

The site visit is intended to view the main development site situated south of King's Lynn and west of the A10, and will include specific viewpoints en route.

8 March 2013 - Deadline 8

Closed

Issue by ExA of:

  • Second written questions (if required)

25 March 2013 - Deadline 9

Closed

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

  • Comments on WRs and responses to comments on RRs
  • Comments on LIRs
  • Comments on responses to ExA’s first written questions
  • Revised draft DCO from Applicant
  • Update/ supplement to the BoR (and statement of reasons and land plans, if necessary)

5 April 2013 - Deadline 10

Closed

Deadline for receipt of: Responses to ExA’s second written questions

10 April 2013 - Issue Specific Hearing 1

Closed

The Construction Phase Impacts

12 April 2013 - Issue Specific Hearing 2

Closed

The Draft Development Consent Order (DCO)

17 April 2013 - Deadline 11

Closed

Issue of ‘Report on the Implications for European Sites’ (RIES) by ExA – for consultation

23 April 2013 - Compulsory Acquisition Hearing

Closed

Compulsory Acquisition Hearing

29 April 2013 - Deadline 12

Closed

Notification of request to speak at an (SECOND/FINAL) Open-floor hearing (or any other hearing which may be required on that date) – to be received by the ExA

3 May 2013 - Deadline 13

Closed

Issue by ExA of:

  • ExA’s third written questions
  • Variation to the examination timetable
  • Notification of dates, times and places for examination hearings

10 May 2013 - Deadline 14

Closed

Deadline for receipt of:

  • Comments on responses to ExA’s second written questions
  • Notification of wish to make oral representations at the Second Issue Specific hearing on the DCO

22 May 2013 - Deadline 15

Closed

Deadline for receipt of:

  • Applicant’s further revised draft DCO
  • Responses to ExA’s third written questions (all except Q8 in Table 1, Annex A)

28 May 2013 - Deadline 16

Closed

Deadline for receipt of any comments upon the RIES

29 May 2013 - Deadline 17

Closed

Deadline for receipt of:

  • Responses to the ExAs third written question Q8 in Table 1, Annex A - principally directed at NCC (on ROUTE A)

4 June 2013 - Deadline 18

Closed

Date of the:

  • Second Issue Specific Hearing on the DCO

4 June 2013 - Issue Specific Hearing 3

Closed

Second Issue Specific Hearing for the examination of the provisions in the Draft Development Consent Order

13 June 2013 - Deadline 19

Closed

Issue by the Examining authority (ExA) of:

  • Fourth Written Questions
  • Variation to the examination timetable
  • Note of the further unaccompanied site visits

14 June 2013 - Deadline 20

Closed

Deadline for receipt of:

  • Comments on the further revised DCO
  • All comments on responses to the ExA’s third written questions (including any further general comments from Watlington Parish Council on the Applicant’s responses to the ExA’s third round of questions)

18 June 2013 - Deadline 21

Closed

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

  • Watlington Parish Council’s specific questions to the Applicant (National Grid)

21 June 2013 - Deadline 22

Closed

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

  • Responses to the ExA’s Fourth Written Questions

25 June 2013 - Deadline 23

Closed

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

  • the Applicant’s final ‘preferred Draft DCO’ (following the 2nd Draft DCO ISH)
  • the Applicant’s responses to Watlington Parish Council’s specific questions to the Applicant (National Grid)
  • Comments on English Heritage’s recent response to one of the ExA’s Third Written Questions (Q.16, in Table 1)

3 July 2013 - Deadline 24

Closed

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

  • Any (final) comments from other IPs on the Applicant’s ‘preferred Draft DCO’
  • Comments on any responses to the ExA’s Fourth Written Questions
  • Submission by the Applicant of the final schedule of plans

8 July 2013 - Deadline 25

Closed

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

  • the Applicant’s response to any comments on the ‘preferred Draft DCO’

10 July 2013 - Deadline 26

Closed

Examination completed.