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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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
Will Scandinavian countries be formerly consulted on the proposals for new nuclear reactors with particular reference to the Moorside propsal by NuGEN, next to Sellafield?
Advice given
When the Secretary of State, using the precautionary principle, is of the view that the development is likely to have significant effects on the environment of another European Economic Area State (EEA State), the Secretary of State will notify those states. This can only be undertaken when sufficient information is available.
If any of those EEA states indicate that they wish to participate in the procedure, the Planning Inspectorate must, on behalf of the Secretary of State, send a copy of the application and environmental statement to those EEA states. The EEA states will be given an opportunity, before development consent is granted, to seek the opinion of the public and relevant authorities.
At present the Secretary of State has not received sufficient information to determine whether or not other EEA States would be likely to have significant effects on their environment.
For further information refer to our Advice Note 12.
