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6 June 2023

The Examination documents relating to this project have been archived and are no longer available on this site. The Secretary of State's decision and Development Consent Order can be viewed on the Documents tab.

To find out where to view the Certified Documents please refer to the contact details set out in the Explanatory Note of the Development Consent Order.

12 May 2023

Five years after the Secretary of State's decision is issued, all remaining published documents associated with an application are removed from the National Infrastructure Planning website, with the exception of the following which are retained in line with our document retention policy:

  • The Secretary of State's decision notice and statement of reasons;

  • If made, the Development Consent Order;

  • The Examining Authority's Recommendation Report and associated appendices;

  • Any material/non-material change decisions;

  • Any correction notices; and

  • All section 51 advice issued in respect of an application.


As such, the purpose of this banner is to highlight that we will shortly remove all documents, except those listed above.

10 May 2018

Decision made by the Secretary of State

11 July 2017

Recommendations given by the Planning Inspectorate

11 October 2016

Preliminary Meeting takes place

11 October 2016

Examination begins

6 September 2016

Relevant representations published on the website

31 August 2016

Registration of interested parties closes

13 July 2016

Registration of interested parties begins

3 May 2016

Application received by the Planning Inspectorate