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Advice to Adriana Gasparini

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From
Adriana Gasparini
Date advice given
31 May 2012
Enquiry type
Email

The planning inspectorate letter of advice to us dated 03/05/2012 refers to the use of a font size and numbering consistent with SI drafting and points us to the Rookery South DCO.

Although NID guidance (http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Advice-note-6.pdf) generally suggests the use of arial 12pt font size, I n <> otice that there are different size fonts in Rockery (attached). It looks like the font is Times New Roman and the main bulk of the text is 10.5, footnotes in size 8 font, contents in size 12 font and the main title is size 16 font. Can you clarify that this is the formatting you expect?

Advice given

Advice Note 6 indicates that "the main body of text in reports should have a minimum font size of 12 pt using a recognisable and clear font such as Arial or Verdana (for further information refer to RNIB?s clear print design guidelines)" (emphasis added). In other words this does not apply to statutory instruments (SIs) which need to be following the style of the SI format.

The Rookery DCO has been prepared using the SI template, this should therefore help you in preparing your DCO. You could also refer to the other SIs available on the OPSI website for examples of the SI format.