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Advice to Waite and Co

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Enquiry

From
Waite and Co
Date advice given
12 December 2011
Enquiry type
Phone

Mr Waite called to confirm that electrical line applications which fall under the definition of a nationally significant infrastructure project will continue to require development consent under the 2008 Act subsequent to the abolition of the IPC, and that the functions of the IPC would be integrated into the Planning Inspectorate

Advice given

The IPC confirmed that this would be the case, and advised that transitional arrangements would be put in place to minimise any impact on projects that had already been submitted or formally begun pre-application work with a view to submission in the future. (Further information can be found here: http://www.communities.gov.uk/planningandbuilding/planningsystem/transitionplanningact/ )

Decisions on applications subsequent to the abolition of the IPC will be made by the Secretary of State.