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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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.
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Enquiry
Good afternoon, i note on your website a number of ‘non material changes’ have both been advertised and confirmed, i was part of the original inspection, registering and speaking.
I am interested to understand why as has been indicated, I have an interest in the process, i do not appear to have received formal notification from you of these requests to change/vary the DCO.
During the process great play was made of the fact that ‘once agreed there will be no change to the DCO’.
Your response would be welcomed.
Advice given
Thank you for your email. The process for making non-material changes to a Development Consent Order is governed by the Infrastructure Planning (Changes to, and Revocation of, Development Consent Orders) Regulations (as amended) which set out the parties who must be consulted, and allow the Secretary of State to give consent for the applicant to consult less widely.
The process can only be used if the change is not material. There are alternative processes for material changes, which can include a further examination of those changes in a similar fashion to the examination of the original application. The Secretary of State has published guidance on changes to development consent orders which can be found here and may answer many of your questions.
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