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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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
Should a Statement of Community Consultation (SoCC) be reviewed and approved by the Council if alterations are proposed?
Advice given
With regard to the Sizewell C SoCC, it may not be necessary for EDFE to review it if it is still relevant. We would advise any developer to seek advice from the relevant local authorities about the need to review the SoCC if changes were proposed to the consultation methodology.
For large projects like SZC, where consultation takes place over an extended period of time in multiple stages, the SoCC will usually be drafted with some flexibility built into it, to allow for the need to respond to feedback and events on the ground. We would encourage this ?iterative? approach.
For example, some SoCCs state that, if the need arises, the developer may hold targeted consultation with specific consultees and / or affected communities. In that instance, the detail about the timing / locations and nature of that consultation would not necessarily be set out in the SoCC but a local authority may use the commitment set out in the SoCC as the basis to request a targeted consultation in a specific area if they think it is needed.
