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Southampton to London Pipeline Project 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 October 2019

The examination closed on 9 April 2020

Upcoming deadlines and events

There are no deadlines and events

Past deadlines and events

9 October 2019 - Preliminary Meeting

Closed

Preliminary Meeting

16 October 2019 - Issue by the ExA

Closed

Issue by the ExA of:

• Examination Timetable;

Publication of:

• The ExA’s Written Questions

24 October 2019 - Deadline 1

Closed

Deadline 1

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

• Notification of wish to speak at a Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH); • Notification of wish to speak at an Open Floor Hearing (OFH); • Notification of wish to attend the Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI); • Submission of suggested locations/sites for the ExA to include as part of the ASI including the issues to be observed there, information on whether the site can be accessed on public land and reasoning for each nominated site; • Applicant’s draft itinerary for the ASI; • Responses to Relevant Representations; • Response from the Ministry of Defence to Written Question SS.1.4; • Comments on the Applicant’s response to the Planning Inspectorate’s s51 advice; • Local Impact Reports (LIR) from Local Authorities.

28 October 2019 - Issue by the ExA of

Closed

Issue by the ExA of:

• Notification of Hearings to be held during the weeks commencing 25 November and 2 December 2019

14 November 2019 - Deadline 2

Closed

Deadline 2

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

• Responses to the ExA’s Written Questions; • Written Representations (WRs); • Summaries of all WRs exceeding 1500 words; • Comments on LIR(s); • Initial Statements of Common Ground (SoCG) requested by the ExA (see Annex B); • A Statement of Commonality of Statements of Common Ground; • An updated Guide to the Application; • Compulsory Acquisition Schedule; • An updated version of the draft Development Consent Order (dDCO) in clean, tracked and word versions; • Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of the Examination Rules .

25 November 2019 - Open Floor Hearing

Closed

Open Floor Hearing Evening

26 November 2019 - Accompanied Site Inspection

Closed

Accompanied Site Inspection

27 November 2019 - Issue Specific Hearing (ISH1)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing AM on the dDCO

27 November 2019 - Compulsary Aquisition Hearing (CAH1)

Closed

Compulsory Acquisition Hearing PM

3 December 2019 - Issue Specific Hearing (ISH2)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing on Environmental Matters

4 December 2019 - Issue Specific Hearing (ISH3)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing on Environmental Matters

18 December 2019 - Deadline 3

Closed

Deadline 3

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

• Written summaries of oral submissions put at any Hearings held during the weeks commencing 25 November and 2 December 2019; • Comments on Written Representations; • An updated Guide to the Application; • An updated version of the dDCO in clean, tracked and word versions; • An updated Compulsory Acquisition Schedule; • Comments on responses to the ExA’s Written Questions; • Comments on responses submitted for Deadline 2; • Progressed Statements of Common Ground and an updated Statement of Commonality of Statements of Common Ground; • Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of the Examination Rules.

13 January 2020 - Publication of FWQ and Issue by the ExA of;

Closed

Publication of:

• The ExA’s Further Written Questions (FWQ) (if required). Issue by the ExA of:

• Notification of Hearings to be held during the week commencing 24 February 2020 (if required).

30 January 2020 - Deadline 4

Closed

Deadline 4

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

• Responses to the ExA’s FWQ (if published); • An updated Guide to the Application; • An updated version of the dDCO in clean, tracked and word versions; • An updated Compulsory Acquisition Schedule; • Comments on responses submitted for Deadline 3; • Progressed Statements of Common Ground and an updated Statement of Commonality of Statements of Common Ground; • Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of the Examination Rules.

13 February 2020 - Deadline 5

Closed

Deadline 5

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

• Comments on responses to the ExA’s FWQ (if published); • An updated Guide to the Application; • An updated version of the dDCO in clean, tracked and word versions; • An updated Compulsory Acquisition Schedule; • Comments on responses submitted for Deadline 4; • Progressed Statements of Common Ground and an updated Statement of Commonality of Statements of Common Ground; • Draft planning obligations (if applicable) • Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of the Examination Rules.

24 February 2020 - Compulsory Acquistion Hearing (CAH2)

Closed

Compulsory Acquisition Hearing PM

25 February 2020 - Issue Specific Hearing (ISH4)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing on the draft Development Consent Order

26 February 2020 - Issue Specific Hearing (ISH5)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing on Environmental Matters (day 1 of 2)

27 February 2020 - Issue Specific Hearing (ISH5)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing on Environmental Matters (day 2 of 2)

5 March 2020 - Deadline 6

Closed

Deadline 6

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

• Written summaries of oral submissions put at any Hearings held during the week commencing 17 February 2020; • An updated Guide to the Application; • An updated version of the dDCO in clean, tracked and word versions; • An updated Compulsory Acquisition Schedule; • Comments on responses submitted for Deadline 5; • Finalised Statements of Common Ground; • Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of the Examination Rules.

12 March 2020 - Issue by the ExA of;

Closed

Issue by the ExA of:

• The Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES) (if required); • The ExA’s dDCO (if required); • Any requests for information under Rule 17 of the Examination Rules (if required).

19 March 2020 - Accompanied Site Inspection 2

Closed

ASI2

19 March 2020 - Deadline 6a

Closed

Deadline 6a

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

• Natural England’s response to the ExA’s request for information dated 9 March 2020.

2 April 2020 - Deadline 7

Closed

Deadline 7

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

• Comments on the RIES (if required); • Comments on the ExA’s dDCO (if required) and/or an updated version of the dDCO in clean, tracked and word versions as required; • Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of the Examination Rules (if required); • An updated Guide to the Application; • An updated Compulsory Acquisition Schedule; • Signed and dated planning obligations (if required); • Comments on responses submitted for Deadline 6.

9 April 2020 - End Of Examination

Closed

The ExA is under a duty to complete the Examination of the application by the end of the period of 6 months.