Advice to SLR Consulting

Enquiry

• From: SLR Consulting
• Date advice given: 28 June 2011
• Enquiry type: Phone

Advice in relation to cost and timescale of making an application; advice on whether a new scoping opinion would be required, with one already obtained from the local planning authority.

Advice given

At present the IPC does not have the power to consider applications for Hazardous Waste. This would require a Commencement Order from Parliament.

If a Commencement Order was made and an application proposed to be submitted to the IPC, the developer would have to follow the process in the Planning Act 2008. In relation to cost and timescale, the developer has the ability to shape the pre-application process, ensuring it meets the requirements in the Act.

Should an application be submitted and accepted, the potential costs are set out in the Fees Regulations. If an application is accepted for examination, the IPC chair determines whether the application is handled by a panel or single commissioner.

In relation to the scoping opinion, it is for the developer to determine whether they would wish to seek the IPC's opinion. The statutory consultees covered by the Planning Act and associated EIA regulations may differ from those consulted by the local plannning authority and the developer should consider whether the existing scoping opinion would be relevant and up to date. The IPC encourages scoping requests to help identify relevant issues early on.