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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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 am a member of the public and I have a couple of general questions.
1. I have been told the consultation period is six weeks. Is this period set in stone? Due to the complexity of this NSIP and the amount of information involved, six weeks doesn't give a lay person much time to get through everything.
2. Also, can ask whether it is possible to have a representative of the planning inspectorate attend any of the public consultations?
The applicant in this instance is Suffolk County Council and they are trying to make the plans for this project fit in but not taking any public views into regard. We feel having the presence of someone impartial woukd be benificial so that a fair view can be taken without the outcome of the consultation being written up in a one sided way.
I am a member of an action Group for local residents called the Wherstead Road Action Group. Together with two other groups (Rivers Action. Group and Friends of Hollywells Park) we are not in favour of this project due to so many reason. Many peoples' lives will be affected by car pollution, noise, danger crossing an already very busy road with no traffic calming present, wildlife issues, house prices decreasing, etc.
I would very much welcome your response.
Kind regards,
Nicky Wilson
Advice given
Dear Ms Wilson,
Thank you for your email.
The period given by the applicant for their statutory pre-application consultation with the local community is not set in stone, but should accord with their Statement of Community Consultation, which should be published. The applicant may also undertake non-statutory consultation in advance of or after their statutory consultation, if they feel it appropriate given the circumstances of their scheme.
Unfortunately, we are unlikely to be able to attend local consultation events being run by the applicant. However, you may want to review our advice notes, and particularly advice note 8, which can be found here.
I would strongly encourage you to engage with the applicants pre-application consultation. The applicant is required to have regard to any responses to their statutory consultation, and we will be looking to the applicant to demonstrate that they have done this when their application is submitted. If we are not satisfied that they have, the application will not be accepted for examination.
If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
