Advice to CJ Associates

Enquiry

• From: CJ Associates
• Date advice given: 10 March 2011
• Enquiry type: Phone

Mr Podkolinski called in regard to the required legal status of an organisation that wishes to apply for an order granting development consent.

Advice given

Dear Jan,

Further to our telephone conversation on 10 March 2011 in regard to the legal status of an organisation seeking to submit an application for an order granting development consent ("DCO"), I have the following information for you:

There are no specific requirements in primary or secondary legislation which would require an organisation to hold any specific legal status when submitting an application for a DCO to the IPC. "The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: prescribed forms and procedure) Regulations 2009" defines “applicant” as a person who either proposes to make an application for an order granting development consent or has made such an application. The applicant must ensure that they meet all of the statutory requirements when submitting their application to the IPC and some of the mandatory documents are likely to require legal input.

For further information, I have included the link to the legislation and advice section of our website: http://infrastructure.independent.gov.uk/legislation-and-advice/