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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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.
Wylfa Newydd Nuclear Power Station
Enquiry
Has the Inspectorate, at any time to date, advised the Developer to consider any potential for transboundary impacts of the Developers’ proposal for the construction and operation of a new nuclear power station (Wylfa Newydd) on Anglesey? Please identify as well justification and reasoning.
Advice given
I can confirm that the Planning Inspectorate has discussed transboundary impacts with Horizon Nuclear Power on a number of occasions. In particular, please see the note of a meeting held specifically to discuss their approach to transboundary consultation, which is available here: attachment 1.
I have also provided below a number of links to further meeting notes where transboundary issues have been discussed.
• attachment 2
• attachment 3
• attachment 4
• attachment 5
• attachment 6
• attachment 7
• attachment 1
In addition to meetings, transboundary impacts are considered within the EIA Scoping Opinion’s produced by the Planning Inspectorate on behalf of the Secretary of State. These are available on our website at the following links:
• April 2016 attachment 9
• June 2017 attachment 10 .
