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Enquiry

From
EWTEC
Date advice given
10 October 2010
Enquiry type
Phone

Is it possible, once an application has been submitted to the IPC, for the sheme to be altered to fall beneath the threshold of a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) and still be examined by the IPC?

Advice given

The IPC promote front-loading of potential projects, which involves the determination of a project's size and whether the IPC would be the consenting body. This is to discourage material alterations of proposed projects in order for the consenting process to be more streamlined and faster than previous.

The IPC would be the consenting body of projects that fall within it's remit as stated within the Planning Act 2008 for specific projects.