Advice to Natural England
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- Natural England
- Date advice given
- 31 August 2010
- Enquiry type
- Phone
Mr Neale called requesting further information on the Hole House Farm Gas Pipeline project, proposed by National Grid. He sought further information and clarity on the project's status and whether the IPC were the consenting body for the project.
Advice given
In regard to your telephone query today in determining the relevant decision making body for the Hole House Farm Pipeline project, I can confirm under Section 20 of Part 3 of the Planning Act 2008 ("the Act") the IPC would be the consenting body for a Gas transporter pipe-line as below:
(2) The pipe-line must be wholly or partly in England
(3) Either - (a) the pipe-line must be more than 800 millimetres in diameter and more than 40kilometres in length, or (b) the construction of the pipe-line must be likely to have a significant effect on the environment.
(4) The pipe-line must have a design operating pressure of more than 7 bar gauge. (5) The pipe-line must convey gas for supply (directly or indirectly) to at least 50,000 customers, or potential customers, of one or more gas suppliers. (6) In the case of a pipeline that (when constructed) will be only partly in England, the construction of the pipe-line is within section 14(1)(f) only to the extent that the pipe-line will (when constructed) be in England. (7) "Gas supplier" has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Gas Act 1986 (c.44) (see section 7A(11) of that Act).
We are unable to provide a legal opinion as to whether development consent is required or on the interpretation of legislation in regard to this particular project, which is a matter that only the Courts can determine. I can confirm that we have no knowledge of the Hole House Farm Pipeline project itself.
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