Advice to Dominic Page
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- Dominic Page
- Date advice given
- 23 March 2012
- Enquiry type
- Phone
What impact on the timescales does the abolition of the IPC on an application submitted to the IPC
Advice given
On 1 April 2012 the IPC will be abolished and the functions of the Planning Act 2008 regime will be transferred a national infrastructure directorate within the Planning Inspectorate. As a consequence the decision maker for all development consent orders will be the relevant Secretary of State.
The person appointed in the Planning Inspectorate to examine the application will write a report/recommendation to the relevant Secretary of State within three months of the close of the examination. The Secretary of state would then have a further three months to make a decision on the application.