Advice to Richard Burns
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- Richard Burns
- Date advice given
- 26 September 2014
- Enquiry type
Although probably too late to address the above,I would like to mention a few points.
1- We have had ONE display to explain what this development is about and how it will affect us. No further information has been given to us by leaflet, or any form of consultation. 2- As both current exits to the A50 will be permanently closed, we do not now how to get out of the village to Kegworth and the M1. 3- The development will increase both the traffic and pollution in an area suffering from an excess of both. 4- 24 hour working in an area already having 24 hour working by the airport. Also the noise from the rail traffic will be 24 hours a day. 5- Currently we have a lovely walk up to and around the airport. This is used by the local residents and visitors, but will be closed with this development? 6- Permanant destruction of the local Green Belt. 7- The development of the area of North West Leicestershire is already saturated. 8- Lockington is a delightful and beautiful village. For how much longer.In 20 years we will have HS2 very close by. 9- Is this development really needed? 10- Finally although not relevant to this, have been advised that while the rest of the area (Kegworth, Castle Donington, and Hemington) will already or shortly be able to use fibre optic broadband, Lockington will not be attached to this until 2018 at the earliest and then dependent on resources.
It appears that this development will go ahead. Maybe somebody should consider the long term affects of this on the area and its residents. Lockington seems to have been forgotten, totally forgotten.
Advice given
Pre-application consultation is a statutory duty for applicants, and the Planning Act 2008 (PA2008) requires for it to be carried out in a certain manner and to a certain standard. Where any person feels that an applicant?s pre-application consultation was inadequately carried out, they should seek resolution by approaching the applicant in the first instance. Where dissatisfaction remains, the appropriate mechanism is to make a complaint to the relevant local authority (who can consider this complaint as part of their representation to the Secretary of State on the adequacy of consultation), or to the Secretary of State (via the Inspectorate). Any complaint should be made promptly following the close of pre-application consultation to ensure that it was received no later than the point at which an application is submitted to the Planning Inspectorate. In all cases, the final decision as to whether pre-application consultation was adequately carried out rests with the Secretary of State.
As you are likely aware, on 19 September 2014 the Planning Inspectorate (on behalf of the Secretary of State) made its decision that the application by Roxhill (Kegworth) Ltd was of a satisfactory standard to proceed to be examined. The period within which complaints about pre-application consultation could be made and considered by the Inspectorate as part of its acceptance decision has therefore elapsed. Local authorities were invited to make representations to the Inspectorate concerning the adequacy of the applicant?s pre-application consultation, and any complaints made to them should have been taken into account. Those representations are available to view by clicking the following link:
On submission of the application the Inspectorate applied the associated legal tests (under s55 PA2008) to the application documentation, including the consultation evidence provided by the applicant. The Inspectorate decided that the applicant?s pre-application consultation had been of a satisfactory standard, and its commentary and conclusions are available to be read in the ?Acceptance of Applications Checklist?:
Importantly, the Inspectorate?s decision to accept the application to be examined did not comprise any consideration of the merits of the application. These issues will be tested in detail by an appointed Examining Authority at the appropriate time.
The examination of the application cannot commence until a ?relevant representations? period has elapsed; a minimum period of 28 days within which anybody can register to become and ?interested party?, enabling them to make written and oral representations about the application throughout the six month examination period.
The applicant advertised the acceptance of the application today (26 September 2014), and the relevant representations period for the application period opened concurrently. In order for the comments comprised within your email to be considered by an Examining Authority, once appointed, I must request that you register as an interested party as described above. The comments comprised within your email concerning the merits of the application should be repeated on the appropriate prescribed form. The form is available by clicking the following link:
Please be aware that the deadline for making a relevant representation is 3 November 2014. For more information on how to register as an interested party please read the Inspectorate?s associated advice note (Advice note 8.3: How to register and become an interested part in an examination), available here:
http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/legislation-and-advice/advice-notes/
The Inspectorate has also produced a short film explaining the process from end-to-end, available here:
http://infrastructure.planningportal.gov.uk/application-process/the-process/