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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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
I’m writing to share my concerns regarding the proposed West Mids. Rail Freight Interchange at Four Ashes, in South Staffordshire. Please could these be forwarded directly to one of the case officers dealing with the application?
I believe it would be in everybody's best interests including the developers for these issues to be addressed sooner rather than later given the extent of the impact they are likely to have on the viability of the scheme.
I've expressed my concerns through the regular channels in the statutory and non-statutary consultations. However, given the fact the Stage 2a consultation is still completely failing to recognise these issues, I would suggest the developers have no intention to reconfigure their plans or offer any mitigating solutions this side of your decision.
If you could look at our concerns my family and I would be extremely grateful.
Advice given
Thank you for your email.
We note that you have contacted the applicant in relation to the proposed West Midlands Interchange.
At this stage the application for this proposed development has not been finalised, and as such we advise for any concerns related to the project to be submitted directly to the developer, in order for your views to inform the application before formal submission to the Planning Inspectorate.
If your concerns are related to the applicant's consultation activities and you have not already done so, we would also advise you to contact the relevant local authority to inform them of your concerns, as your views may inform their Adequacy of Consultation response, once the application has been submitted to the Planning Inspectorate (the Acceptance stage of the Planning Act 2008 planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs)).
If the application for the West Midlands Interchange is submitted and subsequently accepted for examination, you will also have the opportunity to register to participate in that examination and make submissions on whether or not the form of the proposal that is described in the application is acceptable, and whether development consent should be granted.
The Planning Inspectorate has recently published to our website a Frequently Asked Questions document (attached to this email) which provides information on the Pre-application stage of the Planning Act 2008 planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP), which you may find helpful.
Please contact us if you have any further queries
