Advice to Mary Jones
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- Mary Jones
- Date advice given
- 16 October 2017
- Enquiry type
As a local resident of South Staffordshire, we are at present campaigning against the proposed West Midland Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (WM SFRI) We have had public consultations with the developers where we have expressed our opinions and opposition to this proposal, on many issues. One of the issues being the development on 700 acres of Green Belt land, and the impact this will have on the Wildlife and destruction of Mature Trees. I urge you to look into your governments policies regarding Green Belt and the Natural Environment and Rural communities, with regard to this matter.
Advice given
At present this proposed development is in the Pre-Application stage of the planning process for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs); during this stage the developer will be preparing their application documents to be submitted to us, as well as consulting with the local community on their proposals. At this stage the application has not been finalised, and as such we advise for any concerns related to the project to be submitted directly to the developer, in order for your views to inform the application before the final version is submitted to us for consideration.
The contact information for the developer is as follows:
contactus@communityrelations.co.uk tel. 0800 377 7345
We also advise you to contact the relevant local authority with any concerns, as they are required to submit a report to us on the consultation activities undertaken by the Applicant during the Pre-Application stage once the application for the project has been submitted.
If the application is submitted and accepted by us, the appointed Examining Authority is required to take the relevant National Policy Statement into consideration, along with any other relevant policies as part of their Examination of the application prior to submitting their recommendation to the Secretary of State.
I have attached a copy of our Advice Note: Overview of the nationally significant infrastructure planning process for members of the public, which I hope you will find helpful. Please also refer to our website for further information.