Advice to M.J.C.A.
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- M.J.C.A.
- Date advice given
- 16 August 2010
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Mr Mordue telephoned the IPC to enquire whether or not the advice on format and presentation of documents in Advice Note 6 applied to enviromental statements.
Advice given
Thank you for your query regarding whether or not the advice on the format of application documents set out in the IPC’s Advice Note 6 applies to environmental statements.
The advice in Advice Note 6 represents best practice, but is only a recommendation. In some areas, however, it reproduces advice set out in the IPC’s Guidance Note 2 “Preparation of Application Documents under S37 of the Planning Act 2008”, which will be taken into account when decisions on whether or not to accept applications are made under S55 of the Act.
Where applicable, an environmental statement required by the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009 is an application document, as described in Rule 5 of the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009. The advice set out in Advice Note 6, and the guidance in Guidance Note 2, therefore applies to it.