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Advice to Emma Clowes

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Enquiry

From
Emma Clowes
Date advice given
15 October 2014
Enquiry type
Email

As an interested party, I have completed the online form however wonder how and when I will be prompted to provide further information in relation my representation.

Advice given

Thank you for your email and submission of a relevant representation in relation to the East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Interchange.

Please note that after the relevant representation period closes on 3 November 2014 a single Examining Inspector or panel of Inspectors known as Examining Authority (ExA) will be appointed to examine the above application.

On appointment, the ExA will read the application documents and the relevant representations which will inform an initial assessment of principal issues. The ExA will then issue a letter to all interested parties (IP) which will include a draft timetable for examination of the application. This letter will als'o invite IPs to attend an initial meeting (known as the Preliminary Meeting) at which the ExA will invite representations on the draft timetable and about how the application is proposed to be examined. Shortly after the meeting, the ExA will issue a second letter inproviding the final examination timetable to IPs. The timetable will set out deadlines for written submissions and the dates for any hearings. All submissions must be made by the deadlines specified in the timetable.

Please note these letters will be sent to you via your preferred contact method as requested on your relevant representation form. They will also be published to the project webpage on the Planning Portal, here:

http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/projects/east-midlands/east-midlands-gateway-rail-freight-interchange/

For more information on how the process works, you are likely to find the Planning Inspectorate's advice notes (particularly 8.1 through 8.5) useful. They are available here:

http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/legislation-and-advice/advice-notes/

The Inspectorate has also produced a short film explaining the decision-making process from end to end, available here:

http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/application-process/the-process/