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Advice to Protect Wyre Group

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Enquiry

From
Protect Wyre Group
Date advice given
8 February 2011
Enquiry type
Email

Can the Infrastructure Planning Commission (the Commission) give Halite Energy Group permission to survey land when landowners refuse entry? (Ref: EN030001 Preesall Saltfield Underground Gas Storage)

Advice given

Section 53 of the Planning Act 2008 makes provision for the applicant to apply to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (the Commission) for authorisation to obtain rights of entry to land for the purpose of surveying and taking levels. Section 52 makes similar provision for requesting authority to obtain information about interests in land. The Commission will only grant authorisation under Sections 52 and 53 as a last resort and after all other reasonable efforts have failed.

The Commission's Advice Notes 4 and 5 explain the provisions of Sections 52 and 53 and set out advice on how to apply to the Commission for these rights. The Commission is currently in the process of updating these Advice Notes to reflect developing experience and these will be published and available on our website in due course.