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Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Examination timetable

The examination timetable shows the dates of events and deadlines for submissions.

If you have registered to have your say, you can do this in the examination stage.

The examination stage

The examination opened on 9 October 2018

The examination closed on 9 April 2019

Upcoming deadlines and events

There are no deadlines and events

Past deadlines and events

9 October 2018 - Preliminary Meeting

Closed

Preliminary Meeting

9 October 2018 - Issue Specific Hearing 1 (ISH1)

Closed

ISH1 on the draft Development Consent Order (dDCO)

10 October 2018 - Open Floor Hearing (OFH)

Closed

Open Floor Hearing (OFH)

17 October 2018 - Issue by the Examining Authority (ExA)

Closed

Issue by the ExA of: - Examination Timetable - The ExA’s Written Questions

6 November 2018 - Deadline 1

Closed

Deadline for receipt of: - Local Impact Reports from any local authorities - Statements of Common Ground (SoCG) requested by the ExA (except those requested for submission by Deadline 3) - Draft s.106 Agreements and any similar Agreements and allied documents - Responses to the ExA’s Written Questions - Written Representations (WRs) - Summaries of all WRs exceeding 1500 words - Comments on Relevant Representations (RRs) - Summaries of all RRs exceeding 1500 words - Comments on updated application documents submitted by the Applicant before the PM – See Annex E of Rule 8 letter - Post-hearing submissions including written submissions of oral cases - Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline - Nominations of suggested locations and justifications for site inspections for consideration by the ExA - Notification of wish to attend an Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI) - Draft Itinerary to be provided by the Applicant for an ASI - Notification from any Affected Person of wish to speak at a Compulsory Acquisition Hearing - Notification of wish to speak at any subsequent Issue Specific Hearings (ISH) - Notification of wish to speak at a subsequent Open Floor Hearing (OFH) - Notification by Statutory Parties of their wish to be considered as an Interested Party (IP) by the ExA - Notification of wish to have future correspondence received electronically

20 November 2018 - Deadline 2

Closed

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: - Revised dDCO from Applicant - Comments on Local Impact Reports - Comments on any SoCG submitted at Deadline 1 - Comments on WRs - Responses to comments on RRs - Comments on responses to the ExA’s Written Questions - Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by Deadline 1 - Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline

23 November 2018 - Issue by the ExA

Closed

Issue by the ExA of: - Notification of ASI (if required)

30 November 2018 - Deadline 3

Closed

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: - Statements of Common Ground (SoCG) between: o Applicant and Ashfield Land and Gazeley GLP o Applicant, Ashfield Land and Gazeley GLP and Network Rail – see Procedural Decision (1) Annex B of Rule 8 letter - Comments on the Applicant’s revised dDCO - Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by Deadline 2 - Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline 

18 December 2018 - Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI)

Closed

Date reserved to hold an ASI (if required)

19 December 2018 - Issue Specific Hearing (ISH2)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing (ISH2) ISH2 on Environmental matters including Transport, Landscape & Visual, Ecology, Air Quality and Other matters

20 December 2018 - Issue Specific Hearing (ISH3)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing (ISH3) ISH3 on the dDCO

20 December 2018 - Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH)

Closed

Compulsory Acquisition Hearing

8 January 2019 - Deadline 4

Closed

Deadline for receipt of: - Comments on SoCG submitted for D3 - Any revised dDCO from the Applicant - Post-hearing submissions including written submissions of oral cases - Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by Deadline 3 - Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline

5 February 2019 - Publication by ExA

Closed

Publication by ExA of: - The ExA’s Further Written Questions (if required) - The ExA’s preferred dDCO or dDCO commentary (if required) - Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES) (if required)

26 February 2019 - Deadline 5

Closed

Deadline for receipt of: - Responses to Further Written Questions (if issued) - Comments on the ExA’s preferred dDCO or dDCO commentary (if issued) - Comments on the RIES (if issued) - Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by Deadline 4 - Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline

12 March 2019 - Issue Specific Hearing (ISH4)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing (ISH4) Date reserved to hold ISH4 on Cumulative Impact and interaction Issues

13 March 2019 - Issue Specific Hearing (ISH5)

Closed

Issue Specific Hearing (ISH5) Date reserved to hold ISH5 on the dDCO (if required)

13 March 2019 - Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 2

Closed

Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 2 Date reserved to hold CAH2 (if required)

14 March 2019 - Open floor Hearing 2 (OFH2)

Closed

Date reserved to hold OFH2

19 March 2019 - Deadline 6

Closed

Deadline for receipt of: - Final draft DCO to be submitted by the Applicant in the SI template with the SI template validation report - Final s.106 Agreements and any similar Agreements and allied documents - Final SoCG - Post-hearing submissions including written submissions of oral cases - Comments on responses to the ExA’s Further Written Questions (if required) - Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by Deadline 5 - Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline

26 March 2019 - Deadline 7

Closed

Deadline for receipt of: - Comments on the Applicant’s final dDCO - Comments on final s.106 Agreements and any similar Agreements and allied documents - Comments on final SoCG - Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by Deadline 6 - Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline

3 April 2019 - Deadline 8

Closed

Deadline for receipt of: - Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline

5 April 2019 - Deadline 9

Closed

Deadline for receipt of: - Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by Deadline 8

9 April 2019 - Close of Examination

Closed

The ExA is under a duty to complete the examination of the application by the end of the period of six months beginning with the day after the close of the Preliminary Meeting.