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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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.
East Midlands Gateway Rail Freight Interchange View all advice for this project
Enquiry
The Planning Inspectorate gave advice to interested party regarding examination events.
Advice given
Thank you for notifying us that you wish to attend the draft Development Consent Order (DCO) Hearing on 4 February 2015.
As indicated in the letter issued today by the ExA, the purpose of the hearing is to discuss the requirements contained in the draft Development Consent Order (DCO) submitted by the applicant. I added your name to the list of attendees and speakers should you decide to participate at the hearing as indicated in your email.
I understand that you are also concerned with the attendance of another interested party. MPs and other political representatives have to register a relevant representation and become interested parties in the same way as the public do. Once registered as an interested party they have the same status and entitlements as any other interested party in terms of their participation in the examination. The Examining authority will not assume that the views of any interested parties who are also political representatives are necessarily indicative of the views of local communities affected by an application. At any hearing the Examining Authority have discretion to hear from people who have not registered as an interested party if they are raising matters of interest and there is time to hear them.
Please do not hesitate to contact us should you need any more assistance.
