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Advice to Merelyn Lobb

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From
Merelyn Lobb
Date advice given
19 January 2015
Enquiry type
Email

Advised given on the status of an interested party.

Advice given

I am glad to hear that you found the Preliminary Meeting held on 12 January 2015 useful.

However to clarify, you are registered as an interested party for the examination of the application by Roxhill (Kegworth) Ltd for the East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Interchange project, proposed to be located on approximately 336 hectares of land to the immediate north of East Midlands Airport, and south of the villages of Lockington and Hemmington. The location of the proposed scheme is shown edged red on the location plain available here: http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/wp-content/ipc/uploads/projects/TR050002/2.%20Post-Submission/Application%20Documents/Plans/Doc%202.9%20-%20Location%20Plan.pdf. It was this application only that was the subject of discussions at the meeting on 12 January 2015.

There are currently two applications for strategic rail freight interchanges registered with the Planning Inspectorate as nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs). These are the application described above, and a separate application by Goodman Shepherd (UK) Ltd for the proposed East Midlands Intermodal Park (near Burnaston). The latter has not yet been formally submitted to the Planning Inspectorate and no decision about its merits will be made as part of the examination of the Roxhill application.

To be absolutely clear, both applications are separate and if/when the application by Goodman Shepherd is submitted to the Planning Inspectorate, any decision about whether development consent should be granted will be made in consideration of the proposal?s own merits. If/when the application is submitted to the Planning Inspectorate, and if it is accepted to be of a satisfactory standard for the Secretary of State to examine, a registration period will be advertised within which persons may make a relevant representation and become an interested party. You can keep up to date with the progress of the application concerning the site near Burnaston on the National Infrastructure portal, here: http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/projects/east-midlands/east-midlands-intermodal-park/

Please note that as a registered interested party for the examination of the application by Roxhill (Kegworth) Ltd for the site adjacent to East Midlands Airport, you will receive further correspondence from the Examining Authority throughout its 6 month duration. Taking part in the examination is not obligatory, however should you wish to continue being involved please follow the timetable that will be issued to all interested parties later today. Alternatively, if you wish to cease to be an interested party for the examination of the application, please make this request in writing.

I hope this information is helpful, please contact us (email/telephone) should you have any more questions or require clarification about the above.