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Advice to Dominic Page

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From
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.