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M5 Junction 10 Improvements Scheme Examination timetable

The examination timetable shows the dates of events and deadlines for submissions.

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The examination stage

The examination opened on 4 June 2024

The examination closed on 4 December 2024

Upcoming deadlines and events

There are no deadlines and events

Past deadlines and events

28 May 2024 - Procedural Deadline A

Closed

Procedural Deadline A

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

  • Written submissions on the Examination Procedure, including any submissions about the use of blended methods
  • Requests to be heard orally at the Preliminary Meeting
  • Requests to participate in Open Floor Hearing 1 on 4 June 2024
  • Requests to participate in Issue Specific Hearing 1 on 5 June 2024
  • Requests to participate in Issue Specific Hearing 2 on 6 June 2024
  • Suggested locations for site inspections (Accompanied or Unaccompanied), including justification, for consideration by the ExA

4 June 2024 - Preliminary Meeting

Closed

Preliminary Meeting

4 June 2024 - Open Floor Hearing 1 (OFH1)

Closed

Open Floor Hearing 1 (OFH1)

5 June 2024 - Issue Specific Hearing 1 (ISH1)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing 1 (ISH1) on Policy, Need and Alternatives

6 June 2024 - Issue Specific Hearing 2 (ISH2)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing 2 (ISH2) on the draft Development Consent Order

18 June 2024 - Deadline 1

Closed

Deadline 1

For receipt by the ExA of:

  • Comments on any Additional Submissions accepted by the ExA and updates to application documents submitted by the Applicant before the PM
  • Local Impact Reports from any Local Authorities
  • Draft Statements of Common Grounds and Principal Areas of Disagreement Summary Statements
  • Statement of Commonality for SoCGs
  • Draft Land Rights Tracker
  • Draft NPS tracker
  • Comments on Relevant Representations (RR)
  • Summaries of all RR exceeding 1500 words
  • Written Representations and summaries for any that exceed 1500 words
  • Notification by Statutory Parties of their wish to be considered as an IP by the ExA
  • Applicant’s draft itinerary for ASI
  • Requests to be heard at an OFH Requests by Interested Parties to be heard at an Open Floor Hearing (OFH)
  • Requests to be heard at a CAH Requests by Affected Persons (defined in section 59(4) of the Planning Act 2008) to be heard at a Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH)
  • Written post hearing submissions including written submissions of oral cases made at Hearings held during w/c 3 June 2024
  • Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010

9 July 2024 - Deadline 2

Closed

Deadline 2

For receipt by the ExA of:

  • Comments on submissions for Deadline 1
  • Comments on Local Impact Reports
  • Comments on the Applicant’s draft itinerary for the ASI
  • Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of the Examination Rules
  • Comments on any further information requested by the ExA and received by Deadline 1

9 July 2024 - Publication by the ExA 1

Closed

Publication by the ExA of:

  • ExA’s First Written Questions

30 July 2024 - Deadline 3

Closed

Deadline 3

For receipt by the ExA of:

  • Responses to ExQ1
  • Comments on submissions for Deadline 2
  • Updated Land Rights Tracker
  • Updated BoR, Statement of Reasons and Schedule of Changes to the BoR
  • Notification of a wish to attend the ASI, ISH, CAHand OFH (if requested) on the w/c 12 August 2024

6 August 2024 - Publication by the ExA 2

Closed

Publication by the ExA of:

  • Final ASI itinerary

13 August 2024 - Issue Specific Hearing 3 (ISH3)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing 3 (ISH3) covering Traffic and transport, Flooding, Funding,Mitigation through the REAC, Requirements and the EMP and other environmental matters.

14 August 2024 - Issue Specific Hearing 3 (ISH3) continued

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing 3 (ISH3) covering Traffic and transport, Flooding, Funding, Mitigation through the REAC, Requirements and the EMP and other environmental matters.

15 August 2024 - Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH1)

Closed

Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH1)

16 August 2024 - Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI)

Closed

Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI)

16 August 2024 - Further Open Floor Hearings (if required)

Closed

Further Open Floor Hearings (if required) - w/c 12 August 2024

3 September 2024 - Deadline 4

Closed

Deadline 4

For receipt by the ExA of:

  • Written post hearing submissions including written submissions of oral cases made at Hearings the w/c 12 August 2024

10 September 2024 - Publication by the ExA 3

Closed

Publication of:

  • The ExA’s Second Written Questions (ExQ2) (if required)

1 October 2024 - Deadline 5

Closed

Deadline 5

For receipt by the ExA of:

  • Responses to ExQ2
  • Updated Land Rights Tracker

15 October 2024 - Issue Specific Hearing 4 (ISH4)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing 4 (ISH4) covering Traffic and Transport, Funding, DCO, Noise, Flooding and the Water Environment

16 October 2024 - Issue Specific Hearing 4 (ISH4) continued

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing 4 (ISH4) covering Traffic and Transport, Funding, DCO, Noise, Flooding and the Water Environment

22 October 2024 - Publication by the ExA 4

Closed

Publication by the ExA of:

  • Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES) and any associated questions (if required)

28 October 2024 - Deadline 6

Closed

Deadline 6

For receipt by the ExA of:

  • Relevant Representations in respect of Change Application No.1 for Change 8
  • Certification compliance for the CA Regulations (Change Application No.1)
  • Updated Funding Statement

30 October 2024 - Deadline 7

Closed

Deadline 7

For receipt by the ExA of:

  • Written summaries of oral submissions made at Hearings held during the w/c 14 October 2024

5 November 2024 - Deadline 8

Closed

Deadline 8

For receipt by the ExA of:

  • Consultation statement relating to Change Request No.2

7 November 2024 - Publication by the ExA 5

Closed

Publication by the ExA of:

  • The ExA's Third Written Questions (ExQ3)(if required)
  • ExA's commentary on, or schedule of changes to, the dDCO

11 November 2024 - Deadline 8a

Closed

Deadline 8a

For the receipt by the ExA of:

  • Requests to hold CAH or OFH in respect of Change Application Request No.1

19 November 2024 - Deadline 9

Closed

Deadline 9

For receipt by the ExA of:

  • Comments on the RIES and responses to any associated questions (if issued)
  • Comments on any additional information/submissions received by Deadline 8
  • Comments on the ExA’s dDCO/Schedule of changes
  • Responses to RRs in respect of Change Application No.1 and response to ExQ3

20 November 2024 - Dates reserved for hearings

Closed

Dates reserved for Hearings:

  • Issue Specific Hearing (ISH) (if required)
  • Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH) (if required)
  • Open Floor Hearing (OFH) (if required)

26 November 2024 - Deadline 9a

Closed

Deadline 9a

For the receipt by the ExA of:

  • Responses to Written Representations in respect of Change Request Application No.1

28 November 2024 - Deadline 10

Closed

Deadline 10

For receipt by the ExA of:

  • Written summaries of oral submissions made at Hearings on 20 and 21 November 2024
  • Closing Submissions (all except Applicant)
  • Final DCO to be submitted by the Applicant in the SI template, with the SI template validation report and also a clean and tracked Word version
  • Final BoR and schedule of changes to BoR
  • Final SoCGs
  • Final Principal Areas of Disagreement Summary Statement
  • Final Statement of Commonality of SoCG
  • List of matters not agreed where SoCG could not be finalised
  • Final Navigation Document/Guide to the application
  • Final Land Rights Tracker in PDF and Excel format
  • Final NPS Tracker
  • Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010

3 December 2024 - Deadline 11

Closed

Deadline 11

For the receipt by the ExA of:

  • Applicant’s Closing Submissions
  • Applicant's response to oral submissions made at ISH/CAH/OFH w/c 20 November

4 December 2024 - Close of Examination

Closed

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