What happens next
Details of the Preliminary Meeting will be announced here shortly.
The Examining Authority will carry out an Initial Assessment of Principal Issues derived from its reading of the application and the Relevant Representations received and set a date for the Preliminary Meeting.
Interested Parties will receive an invitation to the Preliminary Meeting which is to discuss procedural matters only, and is held in public. It is not essential to attend the Preliminary Meeting. Whether or not an Interested Party chooses to attend the Preliminary Meeting, they will still be sent details of how to further take part in the Examination.
The Procedural Decision made after the Preliminary Meeting will be published on our website and will also be available on request from [email protected] and our helpline: 0303 444 5000. Importantly, this Procedural Decision will set the timetable for the Examination. The Examination Timetable will, amongst other things, set deadlines for receipt of detailed Written Representations and for comments on the Relevant Representations made by other Interested Parties.
If you are an Interested Party, either because you are one of the specific bodies cited in s102 of the Planning Act 2008 or have submitted a Relevant Representation, you will receive notifications about the Examination and a copy of the Secretary of State’s decision on the application once that is made.
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 (21 items)
The Examining Authority (ExA) has issued a response letter (PDF, 164 KB) to a notification from the Applicant of its intention to make changes to the application (PDF, 100 KB). Please note that the ExA’s letter does not indicate that the proposed changes have been accepted by the ExA.
The Applicant has informed the Planning Inspectorate that several persons with a land interest that may be affected by the Proposed Development were not notified of the accepted application and were therefore not made aware of the period within which they could make a Relevant Representation.
The Applicant has notified the omitted persons who have been allowed further time to make Relevant Representations. Anyone who has received the Applicant’s notification and wants to make a Relevant Representation should please contact us at: [email protected] or telephone 0303 444 5000.
All Relevant Representations received by the deadline of Sunday 19 November 2023 have been published.
The Examining Authority has published a Procedural Decision letter addressed to the Applicant, host and neighbouring local authorities, and certain statutory bodies (PDF, 199 KB). Responses are due by 15 December 2023 and 22 December 2023.
The Applicant has informed the Planning Inspectorate that several persons with a land interest that may be affected by the Proposed Development were not notified of the accepted application and were therefore not made aware of the period within which they could make a Relevant Representation.
The Applicant has notified the omitted persons who have been allowed further time to make Relevant Representations. Anyone who has received the Applicant’s notification and wants to make a Relevant Representation should please contact us at: [email protected] or telephone 0303 444 5000.
All Relevant Representations received by the deadline of Sunday 19 November 2023 have been published.
The Examining Authority has exercised its discretion to accept the following Additional Submissions:
- Further responses to PD-005.
- Responses to PD-006.
- Representations received by email prior to the deadline for submission of Relevant Representations.
The Applicant has informed the Planning Inspectorate that several persons with a land interest that may be affected by the Proposed Development were not notified of the accepted application and were therefore not made aware of the period within which they could make a Relevant Representation.
The Applicant has notified the omitted persons who have been allowed further time to make Relevant Representations. Anyone who has received the Applicant’s notification and wants to make a Relevant Representation should please contact us at: [email protected] or telephone 0303 444 5000.
All Relevant Representations received by the deadline of Sunday 19 November 2023 have been published.
The Applicant has informed the Planning Inspectorate that several persons with a land interest that may be affected by the Proposed Development were not notified of the accepted application and were therefore not made aware of the period within which they could make a Relevant Representation.
The Applicant has notified the omitted persons who have been allowed further time to make Relevant Representations. Anyone who has received the Applicant’s notification and wants to make a Relevant Representation should please contact us at: [email protected] or telephone 0303 444 5000.
All Relevant Representations received by the deadline of Sunday 19 November 2023 have been published.
The Applicant has informed the Planning Inspectorate that several persons with a land interest that may be affected by the Proposed Development were not notified of the accepted application and were therefore not made aware of the period within which they could make a Relevant Representation.
The Applicant has notified the omitted persons who have been allowed further time to make Relevant Representations. Anyone who has received the Applicant’s notification and wants to make a Relevant Representation should please contact us at: [email protected] or telephone 0303 444 5000.
Relevant Representations received by the deadline of Sunday 19 November 2023 will be published on the project webpage as soon as possible.
Due to a technical fault with the Planning Inspectorate’s online Relevant Representation form, users reported that they were not able to make submissions on the final day of the representation period. The fault has now been resolved, and we apologise for any inconvenience this caused.
As a result of the premature closure, the Applicant has extended the period for submission of Relevant Representations until 23:59 on Sunday 19 November 2023. You can submit a representation and register as an Interested Party by following the blue button: Interested Party register
If you previously submitted a representation via email due to the website fault, you will need to resubmit this via the online form in order for it to be valid. If you have already submitted a representation via the form, please do not resubmit it unless we have contacted you directly.
If you are unable to complete a registration form online and would like to register your interest, please call the helpline on: 0303 444 5000 to request a paper form. For further advice please see Advice Note 8.2: How to register to participate in an Examination. You can also check our step by step guide to find out more about having your say about a national infrastructure project.
We have received reports that users encountered problems accessing the Relevant Representation form on Sunday 29 October, and that several parties have made submissions via the Planning Inspectorate’s project email inbox instead.
Please be assured that we are aware of this issue, and it is being investigated as a matter of priority. A further update will be issued as soon as possible.
The Examining Authority has published a Procedural Decision letter addressed to the Applicant (PDF, 165 KB). Responses are due by 14 November 2023.
The note of the Examining Authority’s Unaccompanied Site Inspection (USI1) (PDF, 159 KB), held between 10 and 12 October 2023, has been published.
You can now register as an Interested Party.
If you are unable to complete a registration form online and would like to register your interest, please call the helpline on: 0303 444 5000 to request a paper form.
For further advice please see Advice Note 8.2: How to register to participate in an Examination.
You can check our step by step guide to find out more about having your say about a national infrastructure project.
The Examining Authority has exercised its discretion to accept an Additional Submission from Horsham District Council (PDF, 235KB).
You can now register as an Interested Party
If you are unable to complete a registration form online and would like to register your interest, please call the helpline on: 0303 444 5000 to request a paper form.
For further advice please see Advice Note 8.2: How to register to participate in an Examination.
You can check our step by step guide to find out more about having your say about a national infrastructure project.
The Examining Authority has exercised its discretion to accept Additional Submissions from Mid Sussex District Council and Surrey County Council in response to the Procedural Decision letter of 8 September 2023 (PDF, 224 KB).
Please note the further deadlines for submission of information in response to this letter.
If you have any questions, or wish to make a submission, please contact the Case Team: [email protected]
You can now register as an Interested Party
If you are unable to complete a registration form online and would like to register your interest, please call the helpline on: 0303 444 5000 to request a paper form.
For further advice please see Advice Note 8.2: How to register to participate in an Examination.
You can check our step by step guide to find out more about having your say about a national infrastructure project.
We are aware that a technical issue was preventing some users from submitting new Relevant Representations via the project webpage. This issue has now been resolved. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.
You can now register as an Interested Party
If you are unable to complete a registration form online and would like to register your interest, please call the helpline on: 0303 444 5000 to request a paper form.
For further advice please see Advice Note 8.2: How to register to participate in an Examination.
You can check our step by step guide to find out more about having your say about a national infrastructure project.
The Examining Authority has exercised its discretion to accept Additional Submissions from various parties in response to the Procedural Decision letter of 8 September 2023 (PDF, 224 KB). Please note the further deadlines for submission of information in response to this letter. If you have any questions, or wish to make a submission, please contact the Case Team: [email protected]
You can now register as an Interested Party
If you are unable to complete a registration form online and would like to register your interest, please call the helpline on: 0303 444 5000 to request a paper form.
For further advice please see Advice Note 8.2: How to register to participate in an Examination.
You can check our step by step guide to find out more about having your say about a national infrastructure project.
The Examining Authority has published a Procedural Decision letter addressed to the Applicant, host and neighbouring local authorities, and certain statutory bodies (PDF, 233 KB). If you have any questions, or wish to make a submission in accordance with this Procedural Decision, please contact the Case Team: [email protected]
You can now register as an Interested Party
If you are unable to complete a registration form online and would like to register your interest, please call the helpline on: 0303 444 5000 to request a paper form.
For further advice please see Advice Note 8.2: How to register to participate in an Examination.
You can check our step by step guide to find out more about having your say about a national infrastructure project.
The Examining Authority has exercised its discretion to accept Additional Submissions from the Applicant in response to the section 51 advice and section 55 checklist issued on 3 August 2023.
The Examination Library (PDF, 353 KB) will be updated shortly.
This application was received by the Planning Inspectorate on 6 July 2023.
The application documents will be made available on the project page of this website if the application is accepted for examination.
It is for the Applicant to decide whether or not application documents can be published upon submission (see government’s Planning Act 2008: guidance on the Pre-application process).
