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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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.
General
Enquiry
Is it correct that an applicant for a DCO must provide copies of relevant documents to members of the public during public consultation?
Advice given
Dear Mr Lee
As part of the DCO process, in accordance with s47(6)(za) of the Planning Act 2008 (PA2008) a developer of a National Significant Infrastructure Project must produce a Statement of Community Consultation (SoCC) which should be made available for inspection by the public in a way that is reasonably convenient for people living in the vicinity of the land.
The SoCC must describe the project and explain where to view documents and information about the proposed development, such as plans and other consultation material. Developers are also required to publish a notice of this information in a local and a national newspaper.
If you are referring to a specific project, then depending on the stage of where this is at you may be able to contact the developer and ask for copies of documents to be provided however please note there may be a charge associated with this.
For further information on the process for members of the public and others, please see Advice note 8: attachment 1
