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From
Dave Evans
Date advice given
20 March 2015
Enquiry type
Email

Advice given on the status of an interested party and submission received not on prescribed form during relevant representation period.

Advice given

Further to my email below sent on 13 February 2015, I have tried to contact you on number of occasions but unfortunately with no response.

As advised in my email, the relevant representation stage for the Thorpe Marsh Gas Pipeline project has opened on 9 February and closed on 10 March, 5:00pm.

In that email, I also recommended that you submit your comments on the relevant representation form in order for your views to be considered by the examining Inspector/s (known as Examining Authority). The submission of the relevant representation also gives a status of an interested party. Unfortunately we did not receive any relevant representation from you by the deadline.

Although there are no further opportunities to become an interested party in these circumstances, please note that your submission will be made available to the Examining Authority, once it is appointed. The Examining Authority will have the discretion to decide whether or not to accept your submission to the examination. Under the provisions of the legislation, the Examining Authority may also choose to invite any other persons to the initial meeting, known as the Preliminary Meeting. Should the Examining Authority decide to invite you to the meeting, you will receive a letter inviting you to the Preliminary Meeting, also known as a Rule 6 letter. Shortly after the meeting the Examining Authority will issue the final examination timetable.

It should be noted that a person who is not an interested party (under the definition in the Act) can also make a submission to the Examining Authority, however it will be at its discretion as to whether to accept the submission in to the examination or not .

In the meantime, I suggest following the project website using below link for information: http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/projects/Yorkshire%20and%20the%20Humber/Thorpe-Marsh-Gas-Pipeline/

Please contact us however, should you have any questions.