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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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
Objections to the proposed scheme
Advice given
As RiverOak’s proposals are still in the Pre-Application stage of the process, The Planning Inspectorate does not have a formal role in receiving representations on the scheme at this time. Until an application is formally made to us, RiverOak are your first point of contact for any comments you have on the proposal and I strongly encourage you to forward your concerns directly to them if you have not done so already.
Should an application be submitted, The Planning Inspectorate on behalf of the Secretary of State has a 28 day period to decide whether or not to accept the application. If the application is accepted, one or more Inspectors will be appointed as an Examining Authority to conduct an Examination, which cannot take more than 6 months, and report to the Secretary of State. It is the responsible Secretary of State (in this case, the Secretary of State for Transport) who will make a decision on the application.
If an application is formally accepted to progress to Examination, then there will be a formal stage where you will be invited to submit your representations. Further information about the process and making a representation can be found on our website. In particular the Advice Note 8 series should help give you advice on how to have your say in the planning process.
