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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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
Is the question of whether there is a genuine aspiration to reopen and run an airport at this site appropriate in the pre-application stage?
Advice given
Questions in respect of whether any applicant has a genuine aspiration to deliver a project are rightly raised during the Pre-Application phase. However, ultimately the decision to submit an application is with the developer; matters such as whether the scheme can be delivered, including the funding for the delivery of the project, would become matters that an Examining Authority may wish to consider during an Examination stage.
