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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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.
Rail Central (Strategic Rail Freight Interchange)
Enquiry
I would like to register my disgust in this proposal. There is already a site near by which is not fully developed at Daventry so what is the logic for this proposal. This is not an environmentally friendly propsAl and does not fit with the government's proposal to reduce emissions. At the moment the uk fails to meet EU directives reference clean air and this proposal will not help this situation. This proposal does not make any sense at any level. The government want decisions to be made at a local level yet here this is denied? This gives me no confidence in any government or developer who says they can justify this.
Advice given
Currently this proposed development is in the Pre-Application stage of the planning process for nationally significant infrastructure projects (NSIPs); during this stage the developer will be preparing their application documents to be submitted to us, as well as consulting with the local community on their proposals. At this stage the application has not been finalised, and as such we advise for any concerns related to the project to be submitted directly to the applicant, in order for your views to inform the application before it is finalised and submitted to us for consideration.
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Telephone: 0845 543 8967 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm (calls are charged at local rates)
Post: FREEPOST Rail Central
Website: www.railcentral.com
The developer’s second round of Pre-Application consultation is due to take place in September 2017, the details of which are set out in the developer’s recently issued Community Newsletter which I have attached for your information along with the following Advice Notes which provide further information on the planning process for NSIPs:
Advice Note 8.0 Overview of the nationally significant infrastructure planning process for members of the public
Advice Note 8.1 Responding to the developer’s pre-application consultation
Advice Note 8.2 How to register to participate in an Examination
Advice Note 8.3 Influencing how an application is Examined
Advice Note 2 The role of local authorities in the development consent process
Our full suite of Advice Notes and legislation/guidance related to NSIPs can be found at the following link:
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If you have any issues with the consultation carried out by the developer, we would advise you to highlight these concerns to the relevant local authority, as they will be required to submit an Adequacy of Consultation report to us, once the application for this project has been submitted. We will have regard to any comments received from the relevant host or neighbouring authorities when making the decision whether or not to accept the application for Examination.
If the application 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. You can register for automatic email updates on the progress of this project on our webpage:
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