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Advice given between between 1 October 2009 and 14 April 2015 has been archived.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.
Enquiry
Letter regarding the submission of the application by Millbrook Power Limited.
Advice given
Thank you for your letter of 18 March 2015 regarding the application by Millbrook Power Limited.
You will be aware that the proposal is currently at the ?pre-application? stage of the Planning Act 2008 (PA2008) process for nationally significant infrastructure projects. The Planning Inspectorate is expecting the Development Consent Order application to be submitted on 23 March 2015. The Planning Inspectorate then has a period of 28 days to decide whether to accept the application for examination.
The opportunity for persons to register to become an 'interested party' will not arise until any formal application has been submitted to the Planning Inspectorate and accepted to proceed to be examined. If the application is accepted to be examined, the developer will be required to advertise in local and national press the period within which anybody will be able to make a 'relevant representation' and register to become an interested party. Notification of this period will also appear on the Planning Inspectorate's project webpage, here: attachment 1.
The Planning Inspectorate has published a series of advice notes which explain the process, including information on how to get involved. These are available at the following address: attachment 2 . I would draw your attention in particular to advice notes 8.1 through 8.5 which will assist you to fully engage in the process should you wish to.
