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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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 post

Richborough Connection Project View all advice for this project

25 January 2016
Sir Roger Gale MP

Enquiry

Objection to National Grid's application and concern about the consultation process.

Advice given

Currently the Planning Inspectorate is assessing National Grid?s application against the tests set out in Section 55 of the Planning Act 2008. We will determine, on behalf of the Secretary of State, whether the application can be accepted by 11 February 2016. At this stage we are not considering the planning merits of the proposals, only whether the legal tests for acceptance have been met.
You mention the consultation process, which is relevant to our present deliberations. If you have concerns that the consultation process did not meet the standard required then please share these with your local planning authority. We have invited all local planning authorities to provide representations on the adequacy of consultation to us by 29 January 2016.
If the application is accepted for examination, you will be welcome to make representations about the substantive points that you raise in your letter. The examination process is set out on our website, at:
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Your letter will be retained on file and made available to the acceptance decision maker.


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