Advice to Kettering Borough Council

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Enquiry

From
Kettering Borough Council
Date advice given
14 June 2018
Enquiry type
Phone

Query regarding the Planning Act 2008 (PA2008) process, definitions of highway Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) and consultation requirements.

Advice given

The Planning Inspectorate (the Inspectorate) provided an overview of the PA2008 process and noted the statutory basis for pre-application duties on applicants (noting in particular Schedule 1 of the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009. The Inspectorate noted some schemes that had come under the PA2008 process, by virtue of s35, and explained the statutory timescales associated with the PA2008 process.