Cyngor i BNP Paribas

Ymholiad

• Oddiwrth: BNP Paribas
• Y dyddiad y rhoddwyd y cyngor: 18 Tachwedd 2011
• Math o ymholiad: Phone

On behalf of their client Royal Mail, BNP Paribas telephoned the IPC, with a follow-up email, to enquire as to whether developers for seven projects in the South West of England and Wales, all currently at the pre-application stage, should have identified Royal Mail as a statutory consultee and subsequently contacted the group as part of pre-application consultation.

Our response was by email.

Cyngor a roddwyd

Thank you for your telephone call to the IPC helpdesk on Friday 11 November 2011, and subsequent email, in regard to your client Royal Mail.

The seven projects you have identified in the South West of England and Wales from the IPC’s website are all in various stages of pre-application. Whilst the IPC welcomes correspondence from stakeholders in regard to enquiries about pre-application projects, it is for the developer to ensure that they have contacted statutory consultees, prescribed persons, local authorities, landowners and significantly affected persons under s.42 of the Planning Act 2008 (PA2008) during pre-application: the responsibility rests with the developer to identify and decide who is required to be consulted. In the case of your client, a developer would need to determine whether their proposed application is likely to affect the functions of any relevant statutory undertakers as set out under Schedule 1 of The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009. The IPC only formally assesses whether a developer has followed their statutory duties under PA2008, and secondary legislation, if an application for a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project is submitted to the IPC for ‘acceptance’; the 28 day period that the IPC has to determine whether an application can be accepted for examination under s.55 of PA2008.

As the projects are at different stages of pre-application, consultation may not have begun for some of them. I would urge you in this regard to contact the seven developers for each project and discuss with them if your client should be consulted as a statutory consultee and any deadlines for pre-application consultation; and I include their contact details below.

From the information on our website, the IPC has received a scoping report, and the IPC has issued Scoping Opinion, for Oldbury New Nuclear Power Station.

Below are the contact details for each developer for the seven projects:

Hinkley to Seabank Grid Connection – National Grid Communications Team 08003777340, hinkleyconnection@uk.ngrid.com

Oldbury New Nuclear Power Station – Tim Prouder 08001303125 oldburyenquries@horizonnulcearpower.com

Avon Power Station – Peter Hudson peter.hudson@arup.com

Mid Wales Electricity Connections (SPEN) – Steven Edwards 01516092236, steven.edwards@scottishpower.com

Mid Wales Electricity Connection NGrid) – Mid Wales Connection Project Communications Team, 08000195325

Mynydd Y Gwynt Wind Farm – Consultation Team, 01970636426, info@mynyddygwynt.com

Irish Sea Offshore Wind Farm – Maria Scarlett, 01753492649, maria.scarlett@centrica.com

I hope this information has been of some help.