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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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
I recently attended a consultation event for the A303 Sparkford to Ilchester scheme and would like to register my interest in the application.
Advice given
Further to our telephone conversation, please see the links below to the Planning Inspectorate Advice Notes Series 8 which give an overview of the planning process for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects:
Advice note eight: Overview of the nationally significant infrastructure planning process for members of the public and others (PDF 2.2 MB) Published February 2017
Advice note eight has been produced in five sections and aims to take you step by step through the planning process for major infrastructure projects:
Advice note 8.1: Responding to the developer’s pre-application consultation (PDF 2.1 MB) (version 2)
Advice note 8.2: How to register to participate in an Examination (PDF 1.4 MB) (version 2)
Advice note 8.3: Influencing how an application is Examined: the Preliminary Meeting (PDF 2 MB) (version 4)
Advice note 8.4: The Examination (PDF 1.4 MB) (version 4)
Advice note 8.5: The Examination: hearings and site inspections (PDF 2 MB) (version 4)
A project specific webpage for the A303 Sparkford to Ilchester proposal will be published on our website shortly. Once published, you will be able to sign up for project specific email updates. The Planning Inspectorate website can be accessed at the link below:
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The project is currently at the pre-application stage of the process. During this stage of the process any comments you have regarding the proposals should be directed to the developer. The developer must demonstrate that they have had regard to consultation responses received during pre-application statutory consultation. You can access information about the project by visiting the developers website, which can be found at the link below:
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If once an application is received, it is accepted to proceed to examination you will be able to register as an Interested Party and take part in the examination of the application.
