The list below is a record of advice the Planning Inspectorate has provided in respect of the Planning Act 2008 process.
There is a statutory duty under section 51 of the Planning Act 2008 to record the advice that is given in relation to an application or a potential application and to make this publicly available. Advice we have provided is recorded below together with the name of the person or organisation who asked for the advice and the project it relates to. The privacy of any other personal information will be protected in accordance with our Information Charter which you should view before sending information to the Planning Inspectorate.
Note that after a project page has been created for a particular application, any advice provided that relates to it will also be published under the ‘s51 advice’ tab on the relevant project page.
Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived. View the archived advice.
Enquiry
An extract from the draft Consultation Report was submitted by the applicant on Wednesday 19 March 2015. The extract deals with how the interrelationship between the proposed Millbrook power station and the Rookery South Resource Recovery Facility has been handled at the pre-application consultation stage.
Advice given
The Planning Inspectorate's advice is summarised below:
1.The applicant was advised to provide the ?information update to the local community? mentioned in paragraph 5.5.7 as an appendix to the Consultation Report.
2. The Inspectorate recommended that the proposal to seek to alter the Rookery South Order, through the insertion of protective provisions, is included in the next local community update (which the applicant is proposing to mail out shortly after the submission of the application). This document and information as to when it will be published / mailed to be included in the Consultation Report.
3. The applicant was advised to provide greater clarity in paragraph 5.5.7 that the inter-relationship between Millbrook power station and the Rookery South Resource Recovery Facility was addressed in the consultation material generally; however, the necessity for that Order to be amended was not expressly stated in the consultation material.
4. The Inspectorate suggested that the applicant provides a schedule of meetings / consultation with Convanta (the beneficiaries of the Rookery South Order) and the land owner which have specifically addressed the need to amend the Rookery South Order, including details of what has been provided to Covanta and the landowner.
