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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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.
Brechfa Forest Connection View all advice for this project
Enquiry
Query regarding the timing of Crown consent.
Advice given
The DCLG Guidance on procedures for the compulsory acquisition of land provides advice on the timing of Crown consent in regard to s135(1) and (2) at Annex B on the following link: attachment 1
The advice is for consent to be obtained prior to the application being submitted. If this is not possible, it is advised that an ?in principle? decision should be provided at this stage, including an indication of any outstanding issues for the applicant to address prior to submission. The final decision on Crown consent should, at the latest, be provided prior to the close of the examination. However if the Secretary of State decides to make changes to a DCO, the Crown authority will be consulted and invited to give final consent.
