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From
RWE npower
Date advice given
9 October 2012
Enquiry type
Email

You asked us to try to make the Consultation Report as 'user friendly' as possible and we are looking at making the signposts as clear as possible so that appended documents can be located. Also, where we refer to concerns, we are trying to explain at the same point how these have been resolved.

You mentioned certain documents that you will need to see in order that you can verify that the consultation has been carried out properly. Would it be possible to have a list of the necessary documents so that we can insure that these are all provided and are easy to locate? The s55 checklist refers to certain documents but I assume that your list would be more extensive than this.

Advice given

As you know the time period for considering the Consultation Report and making a recommendation on it is quite short. (Acceptance cannot take longer than 28 days). We therefore have to specify a challenging deadline for the local authorities that we're asking to comment on the Consultation Report - giving them only 2 weeks to get back to us. Having a document which is easy to navigate and enables one to find the relevant information quickly, is therefore critical to us receiving constructive adequacy of consultation responses in time and more generally being able to find all the necessary information within the time available.

If you could therefore make the Consultation Report as user-friendly as possible by including clear sign posting and self-explanatory titles for the electronic documents etc as discussed at the meeting and described by you below, that would be much appreciated. The documents I was referring to are the documents listed in the s55 checklist (ie the s42 letters you sent out & to whom they were sent, s48 notice, material used for s47 consultation etc). The only thing I would add is that where a response from a consultee is particularly critical to the development/examination of the application then you may wish to include a copy of that (if practicable) - eg the response from NE regarding your no significant effects report.