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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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
Mr Miller wrote to ask about the proposed Upper Orwell Crossings scheme. He asked that we clarify its current status and what happens next.
Advice given
The proposed Upper Orwell Crossings project has been identified as being of national significance and the Secretary of State has directed that it requires Development Consent. Therefore, it will follow the process set out in the Planning Act 2008 (PA2008) for such schemes, rather than being the subject of an application for planning permission, for example.
The PA2008 process requires consultation with the public before an application can be made, and applications are subject to an examination, which the public can participate in. This application is currently in the Pre-Application stage of the PA2008 process. During this stage, the Planning Inspectorate does not have any influence over the consultation activities undertaken by the developer, who will be consulting as required by the PA2008 process. You can find more information about the PA2008 process on our website, here; attachment 1, and also in our advice notes which can be found on the website under the heading ‘legislation and advice’.
If you have views on the proposal, this is an important opportunity to participate in the process. During the Pre-Application stage the developer will be preparing their application documents to be submitted to us. At this stage the application has not been finalised, and as such we advise for any concerns related to the project or any of the developer’s consultation activities to be submitted directly to the developer, in order for your views to inform the application before it is finalised and submitted to us for consideration.
Once an application has been submitted, the Planning Inspectorate will scrutinise all of the application documents, including the evidence provided in the Consultation Report, applying the statutory tests set out in s55 of the PA2008. By the end of the Acceptance period the Planning Inspectorate (on behalf of the Secretary of State) must decide, in accordance with the tests in s55 of the PA2008, whether or not an application is of a satisfactory standard to be examined. If it is, there will be an opportunity to register to participate in the examination.
Because the scheme is at a relatively early stage, there is no page on our website specific to it.
