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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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
It would be helpful to me ? and perhaps to you ? if you could let me know the way the proceedings will take place.
For example,
1. Will I only be expected to make an oral statement and possibly be cross examined by the Inspector?
2. Will I be able to cross examine or respond to other people making oral statements?
Advice given
Unlike Open Floor Hearings (OFH), which generally have no specific agenda and allow Interested Parties to speak for a limited time regarding topics and issues based on previous written submissions, Issue Specific Hearings (ISH) are structured by an agenda issued by the Examining Authority (ExA).
We anticipate that the agendas for the Issue Specific Hearings scheduled for 17, 18 and 19 March 2015 will be published on the project website early next week and hard copies will also be made available at each of the scheduled hearings on the day.
As some Interested Parties have indicated to the case team that they wish to make oral representations at the ISHs, the ExA may use his discretion to allow attendees to make opening statements, if they so wish. As the examination is inquisitorial, as opposed to adversarial, the ExA will only ask further questions if he believes this is necessary for clarification on a particular subject matter.
