Advice to Vestas

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Enquiry

From
Vestas
Date advice given
4 April 2012
Enquiry type
Phone

  1. A development had been proposed on the basis of the Rochdale envelope and consent was granted, could development be built under that consent that fell outside these parameters?

  2. Would development be allowed if there was a mix that on average would fall within the parameters of the scheme as described, but in part fell outside the description?

  3. Could an application be made for development that did not follow the description of the scheme as set out in the Scoping Opinion?

  4. How long would it take to prepare an environmental statement?

Advice given

  1. Development built would need to be within the parameters of the consent and of the proposals the considered within the environmental statement (ES). The statutory bodies and the public would have had to have the ability to comment on the proposals.

  2. The same issues as identified above would apply, there can be no averaging out of the issues.

  3. A request for scoping is recommended but is not compusory, therefore there is no requirement for the description of the scheme on the DCO application to follow the details as set out int the scoping report.

  4. The timetable for the preparation of an environmental statement will depend upon the individual circumstances and the availability (or otherwise) of baseline information. For example, the preparation will be longer where there is a need to collect new data.