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From
Hull City Council
Date advice given
9 September 2011
Enquiry type
Email

Hull City Council sought to understand the likely timescale for the preparation and submission of a Local Impact Report should an application be accepted.

Advice given

With regard to your query as to when we may ask you to submit a Local Impact Report (LIR) (in accordance with s60 of the Planning Act 2008) I can advise you as follows.   The IPC have a 28 day period in which to decide whether or not to accept an application. Should the application be accepted, we then enter a period referred to as pre-examination during which the developer is responsible for advertising that the application has been accepted and opening the period for people to register as an interested party and make a relevant representation. This stage is very much driven by the developer and therefore it is not possible to set strict timetables. However, it is expected that it will take approximately 2-3 months. A further task during this period is for the developer to supply a certification (under s58 of the Act) confirming that they have carried our their duties. Receipt of this by the IPC allows the Chair of the Commission to appoint an Examining Authority.   The Examining Authority will then undertake an initial assessment of the issues raised in relevant representations and set the date for a preliminary meeting. The 'examination' stage will start the day after the end of that meeting and the examination timetable will be set at, or as soon as possible after, the preliminary meeting. This timetable will include a deadline for submission of the LIR and DCLG guidance indicates that it would be expected that this will be set at about 6 weeks after the start of the examination.   As you are aware, we recommend starting work on the LIR as soon as possible and that delegations are in place to allow you to submit the LIR in accordance with the examination timetable. You may find it beneficial to look at our advice and DCLG guidance on this matter, specific publications which may assist are:   http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Advice-note-1-LIR.pdf http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Advice-note-8.1-web.pdf http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/planningandbuilding/pdf/guidanceexaminationprocedure.pdf