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Advice to Halton Group of Residents

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Enquiry

From
Halton Group of Residents
Date advice given
18 October 2011
Enquiry type
Post

A member writing on behalf of the Group of Halton Residents contacted the IPC by letter, commenting on the scope of pre-application consultation work undertaken for the proposed Heysham to M6 Link Road and Lancashire County Council's role in the process.

Our response was by email.

Advice given

Thank you for your letter received on 29th September 2011, with the enclosed group?s response to Lancashire County Council?s (LCC) consultation and their response to your comments.

Your views about the scope of consultation undertaken for the proposed Heysham to M6 Link Road development, and LCC?s part in that process, have been noted. However, as the proposal is still at the pre-application stage of the development consent process the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) cannot formally accept your views at this time. Until such a time as the application is accepted by the IPC for examination, you should continue to correspond with Lancashire County Council as the promoter of the application.

If the application is submitted to the IPC, the Commission has a period of 28 days to decide whether or not to accept the application for examination. During ?acceptance?, local authorities and neighbouring local authorities will be invited to make representations to the IPC regarding the adequacy of the consultation carried out by the applicant.

Should the application be accepted by the IPC for examination, you will be given the chance to register your views by making a ?relevant representation? using the prescribed form. Once registered, you can request an open floor hearing and also attend the Preliminary Meeting in which the Commissioner or Panel of Commissioners will set the timetable for Examination. The period for making representations will be publicised on our website and further information about the application process, particularly Advice Note 8, can be found at the link below:

http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/legislation-and-advice/our-guidance-and-advice/

I trust this is helpful, but please contact me at the address above if I can be of further assistance.