Register of advice

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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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 received via email

Hinkley Point C New Nuclear Power Station View all advice for this project

13 July 2012
John Lucas

Enquiry

Assuming EDF is given planning consent for Hinkley PointC, could it delay the start of the project for a period of time, possibly years?

Advice given

Draft Development Consent Order provides that the authorised project must commence within 5 years of the date of the Order, as stated in the PW1 (Project Wide Requirement), in Schedule 11 (Requirements) of the DCO. That particular Requirement can be found on page 113. Please see the attached link : attachment 1 .


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