Advice to National Grid
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- National Grid
- Date advice given
- 16 August 2012
- Enquiry type
National Grid requested clarification regarding regulation 13 of the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009.
Advice given
The Planning Inspectorate provided the following advice:
As you are aware, if an application is accepted, Regulation 13(2) of The Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009 (as amended) states that a copy of the accepted application and a map showing where the proposed development is to be sited should be sent, as well as the Environmental Statement, to the consultation bodies.
It is for applicants to certify that the requirements of Regulation 13 have been met; it is therefore for applicants to be satisfied with what constitutes compliance with Regulation 13. We are however aware that some applicants have chosen to send an electronic copy of the required information (via memory stick or CD) to the consultation bodies, but you would need to seek your own advice if you have doubts about certifying compliance. With regard to website links, I agree that you may wish to consider further whether this would satisfy the Regulation 13 requirement to "send" "a copy"; there is also of course the potential issue of web links breaking.