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Examination timetable
The examination timetable shows the dates of events and deadlines for submissions.
If you have registered to have your say, you can do this in the examination stage.
The examination stage
The examination opened on 9 September 2015
The examination closed on 7 March 2016
28 July 2015 - Site Visit (Unaccompanied)
ClosedUnaccompanied site visit
9 September 2015 - Preliminary Meeting
ClosedPreliminary Meeting
23 September 2015 - Deadline 1
ClosedDeadline 1 Deadline for the reciept of: • Statements of Common Ground (Drafts) and summary schedule • Updated plans • Updated Schedule of Mitigation Measures • Updated Schedule of Progress of Voluntary negotiations • In-combination assessment evidence for Humber Estuary SAC; survey data summary table; and updated Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) screening and integrity matrices
12 October 2015 - Deadline 2
ClosedDeadline 2 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • 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 Reports (LIRs) from any local authorities • Responses to ExA’s first written questions (ExQ1) • Updated ES chapters • Comments on Statements of Common Ground (Drafts) from Deadline 1 • Notification of wish to speak at a Compulsory Acquisition hearing • Notification of wish to speak at the Issue Specific Hearing on the draft Development Consent Order (DCO) • Notification of wish to speak at any other Issue Specific Hearing • Notification of wish to speak at an Open Floor Hearing • Notification from statutory parties, or a local authority without direct responsibility in the proposed development area, of a wish to be considered an interested party • Nominations of locations to be inspected during unaccompanied site inspections, the features to be observed there, with reasons for each nomination; and • Nominations of locations to be inspected during accompanied site inspections, the features to be observed there, with reasons for each nomination. • Any other information requested by the ExA
27 October 2015 - Deadline 3
ClosedIssue by ExA of notification of date, time and place for hearings and accompanied site visit(s)
2 November 2015 - Deadline 4
ClosedDeadline 3 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Comments on WRs and responses to comments on RRs • Comments on Local Impact Reports • Comments on responses to ExA’s first written questions • Progress report on draft SOCGs and updated summary schedule • Comments on any other documents submitted at Deadline 1 • Any other information requested by the ExA
17 November 2015 - Issue Specific Hearing 1
ClosedDate reserved for Issue Specific Hearing relating to:
- Construction - how the project will be planned and executed and its effects;
- Flood Risk and drainage
- Hydro-geology
- Biodiversity, Ecology and Natural Environment impacts
- Noise impacts
- Transportation and Traffic impacts
- Debris, Waste and Contamination impacts
- Historic Environment
- Navigation
- Landscape and Visual Impact
- Socio Economic Effects
- Any other matter requested by the ExA
18 November 2015 - Issue Specific Hearing 2
ClosedDate reserved for Issue Specific Hearing relating to:
- The draft application DCO - a high level review of the certified documents and plans
- any other matters relevant to achieve efficient progress of the examination, including any matters not fully discussed in previous days hearing
18 November 2015 - Compulsory Acquisition Hearing
ClosedDate reserved for Issue Specific Hearing relating to:
- Compulsory acquisition issues
18 November 2015 - Open Floor Hearing
ClosedDate reserved for Open Floor Hearing (if required, this will only be held if any requests are recieved by Deadline 2. If there are no requests, the hearing will be cancelled and interested parties will be notified through the banner on the project webpage.)
- Evening Session
19 November 2015 - Site Visit (Accompanied)
ClosedDate reserved for Accompanied Site Inspection
27 November 2015 - Deadline 5
ClosedDeadline 4 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Post-hearing documents including written summaries of oral cases, of any evidence or documents presented, or amendments requested by the ExA • Revised draft DCO from the applicant taking into account all issues raised at hearings and in RRs/WRs (including both clean and track-change versions) • Response to comments from documents received at Deadline 3 • Updated SoCGs and summary schedule • Any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline
8 December 2015 - Deadline 6
ClosedPublication by the ExA of second written questions (if required)
22 December 2015 - Deadline 7
ClosedDeadline 5 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Responses to second written questions (if applicable)
5 January 2016 - Issue Specific Hearing 3
ClosedDate reserved for Issue Specific Hearing on DCO and other outstanding matters
6 January 2016 - Issue Specific Hearing 4
ClosedDate reserved for Issue Specific Hearings on DCO
13 January 2016 - Deadline 8
ClosedDeadline 6 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Applicant’s revised draft DCO taking account of issues and comments raised, clean and track-change • Updated SOCGs (where progress has been made since Deadline 4) and summary schedule • Comments on responses to the second round of questions (if issued) ExQ2 • Any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline
15 January 2016 - Deadline 9
ClosedIssue by ExA of Rule 17 request
22 January 2016 - Deadline 10
ClosedDeadline 6a Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Responses to Rule 17 request dated 15 January 2016
29 January 2016 - Deadline 11
ClosedDeadline 6b Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Comments on responses to Rule 17 request dated 15 January 2016
1 February 2016 - Deadline 12
ClosedPublication by the ExA of:
- Report on Implications for European Sites (RIES)
- ExA's Draft DCO
17 February 2016 - Deadline 13
ClosedDeadline 7 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: • Comments on Report on Implications for European Sites (RIES) • Comments on ExA’s draft DCO • Comments on SOCG where updated • Executed final version SOCGs (If these contain remaining points of contention then final position statements for each signatory required for ExA judgement) • Comments on any other information submitted at Deadline 6 • Revised Book of Reference taking into account all issues raised at hearings and in RRs/WRs (including both clean and track-change versions) • Any other information requested by the ExA
24 February 2016 - Deadline 14
ClosedDeadline 8 • Comments on the responses to the RIES • Comments on the responses to the ExA Draft DCO • Comments on the executed final version SOCG from parties who are not signatories, or from the parties if document is not executed • Responses to revised Book of Reference
26 February 2016 - Deadline 15
ClosedTime period reserved for issue by the ExA of; • Any further information requests under Rule 17 (if required)
4 March 2016 - Deadline 16
ClosedDeadline 9 • Responses to any further information requested as required at item 20 (if required) • comments on responses to revised Book of Reference