Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange

What happens next

Dates for the Examination can be viewed on the Examination Timetable page.

Notice of the Procedural Decision has been issued by the Examining Authority to Interested Parties in the Rule 8 letter; this includes information about how the Examination will be conducted and the Examination Timetable as currently set out.

12/03/2024 - Deadline for close of examination. See the Examination Timetable for further information.

If you have a legal interest in land affected by a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project and:

  • have not been identified by the Applicant; and
  • did not register to become an Interested Party;

then you can make a request to the Examining Authority to become an Interested Party under s102A of the Planning Act 2008.

Timeline (16 items)

Read the letter

The Examination Timetable (Rule 8 letter) has been sent to Interested Parties

Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting

22 September 2023
18 September 2023
14 September 2023

Instructions have been sent to those who have registered to participate in Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH1) scheduled for Thursday 14 September 2023.

Anyone who wishes to observe the event in real time should use the following link: https://cvslivestream.co.uk/hinkleyrail/

Please note that the event will start streaming when opened by the Examining Authority. If the Livestream does not initially work, it may be resolved by refreshing the webpage.

The following have now been published:

13 September 2023
  • Preliminary Meeting takes place
  • Examination begins
12 September 2023

Instructions have been sent to those who have registered to participate in the Preliminary Meeting (PM) scheduled for Tuesday 12 September 2023.

An email shall be sent to those parties that have registered to participate in Issue Specific Hearing 1 and the Compulsory Acquisition Hearing one day prior to the date of those events.

Anyone who wishes to observe the events in real time should use the following link: https://cvslivestream.co.uk/hinkleyrail/

Please note that the event will start streaming when opened by the Examining Authority. If the Livestream does not initially work, it may be resolved by refreshing the webpage.

The Procedural Decision Deadline A submissions have been published.

08 September 2023

It has come to our attention that there is a minor discrepancy within the body of the Rule 6 Letter regarding the project email address to register your attendance for the upcoming events in September. For the avoidance of doubt, the correct project email address is: [email protected]

Read the letter

The notification of Preliminary Meeting (Rule 6 letter) has been sent

The letter also includes the draft Examination Timetable and Initial Assessment of Principal Issues.

18 August 2023

The notification of Preliminary Meeting (Rule 6 letter) has been sent Read the letter

The letter also includes the draft Examination Timetable and Initial Assessment of Principal Issues.

11 August 2023
Relevant representations published on the website
07 July 2023
Registration of interested parties closes
23 June 2023
Registration of interested parties begins
10 May 2023
Read the letter

The application has been accepted for examination

13 April 2023
Decision on whether or not to accept the application for examination
13 April 2023

This application was received by the Planning Inspectorate on 17 March 2023.

20 March 2023
Application received by the Planning Inspectorate
17 March 2023

The application has been withdrawn. Please see the Applicant’s letter (PDF, 217KB).

02 March 2023