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Advice to Clare Garrard

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Enquiry

From
Clare Garrard
Date advice given
13 November 2017
Enquiry type
Phone

I recently attended a consultation event for the A303 Sparkford to Ilchester scheme and would like to register my interest in the application.

Advice given

Further to our telephone conversation, please see the links below to the Planning Inspectorate Advice Notes Series 8 which give an overview of the planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects:

Advice note eight: Overview of the nationally significant infrastructure planning process for members of the public and others (PDF 2.2 MB) Published February 2017 Advice note eight has been produced in five sections and aims to take you step by step through the planning process for major infrastructure projects: Advice note 8.1: Responding to the developer’s pre-application consultation (PDF 2.1 MB) (version 2) Advice note 8.2: How to register to participate in an Examination (PDF 1.4 MB) (version 2) Advice note 8.3: Influencing how an application is Examined: the Preliminary Meeting (PDF 2 MB) (version 4) Advice note 8.4: The Examination (PDF 1.4 MB) (version 4) Advice note 8.5: The Examination: hearings and site inspections (PDF 2 MB) (version 4)

A project specific webpage for the A303 Sparkford to Ilchester proposal will be published on our website shortly. Once published, you will be able to sign up for project specific email updates. The Planning Inspectorate website can be accessed at the link below:

http://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/

The project is currently at the pre-application stage of the process. During this stage of the process any comments you have regarding the proposals should be directed to the developer. The developer must demonstrate that they have had regard to consultation responses received during pre-application statutory consultation. You can access information about the project by visiting the developers website, which can be found at the link below:

http://roads.highways.gov.uk/projects/a303-sparkford-to-ilchester/

If once an application is received, it is accepted to proceed to examination you will be able to register as an Interested Party and take part in the examination of the application.