9 July 2024 - Deadline 2
OpenDeadline 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
Publication by the ExA of:
- ExA’s First Written Questions
30 July 2024 - Deadline 3
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
Publication by the ExA of:
- Final ASI itinerary
14 August 2024 - Issue Specific Hearing 3 (ISH3)
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)
Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH1)
16 August 2024 - Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI)
Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI)
16 August 2024 - Further Open Floor Hearings (if required)
Further Open Floor Hearings (if required) - w/c 12 August 2024
3 September 2024 - Deadline 4
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
Publication of:
- The ExA’s Second Written Questions (ExQ2) (if required)
1 October 2024 - Deadline 5
Deadline 5
For receipt by the ExA of:
- Responses to ExQ2
- Updated Land Rights Tracker
18 October 2024 - ASI and Hearings
ASI and Hearings
Dates reserved for ASIs and hearings:
- Further ISHs (if required).
- Further CAH (if required).
- Further OFHs (if required).
- Further ASIs (if required).
22 October 2024 - Publication by the ExA 4
Publication by the ExA of:
- Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES) and any associated questions (if required)
- ExA’s commentary on, or schedule of changes to, the dDCO
30 October 2024 - Deadline 6
Deadline 6
For receipt by the ExA of:
- Written summaries of oral submissions made at Hearings held during the w/c 14 October 2024
12 November 2024 - Deadline 7
Deadline 7
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 6
- Comments on the ExA’s dDCO/Schedule of changes
19 November 2024 - Deadline 8
Deadline 8
For receipt by the ExA of:
- Applicant’s Comments on the RIES and responses to any associated questions (if issued)
- Applicant’s Comments on the ExA’s dDCO/Schedule of changes and responses to submissions at Deadline 7
- Final DCO to be submitted by the Applicant in the SI template with the SI template validation report
- 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
- Final NPS Tracker
- Final signed and dated section 106 (if required)
- Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
26 November 2024 - Deadline 9
Deadline 9
For receipt by the ExA of:
- Closing Submissions (all except Applicant)
- Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
2 December 2024 - Deadline 10
Deadline 10
For the receipt by the ExA of:
- Applicant’s Closing Submissions
4 December 2024 - Close of Examination
The ExA is under a duty to complete the Examination of the application by the end of the period of six months