Lake Lothing Third Crossing

What happens next

A decision on the application for a Development Consent Order for Lake Lothing Third Crossing was taken on 30 April 2020 and has now been issued.

The period for legal challenge is defined in s118 of the Planning Act 2008. Further information about legal challenge can be found in the letter sent to all Interested Parties accompanying the Secretary of State’s decision and statement of reasons.

If you have any queries about the process please email the Planning Inspectorate at [email protected] or telephone the helpline on 0303 444 5000.

Timeline (37 items)

The Secretary of State has made a Correction Order (PDF, 55 KB) affecting The Lake Lothing (Lowestoft) Third Crossing Order 2020. A Correction Notice (PDF, 141 KB) was issued on 21 October 2020. The corrections to the Order are applied following a request from the Applicant dated 11 June 2020 (PDF, 3MB).

26 October 2020

The Secretary of State has granted development consent for this application. For further information please refer to the following decision documentation:

Planning Inspectorate Notification of Decision Letter
Secretary of State Decision Letter
Development Consent Order as made by the Secretary of State
Examining Authority’s Recommendation Report
Post-Examination Submissions
Regulation 23 Notice

30 April 2020
Decision made by the Secretary of State
30 April 2020

A Statement has been laid in Parliament by the Secretary of State announcing a new deadline of 5 May 2020 for the decision.

 IMPORTANT: As a result of ongoing Government guidance relating to COVID-19 the Planning Inspectorate is seeking to ensure that all Parties are notified of key developments on projects, in a timely manner. In order to help achieve this, and to minimise any delays which could arise if the postal service is affected, it would be extremely helpful if registered Parties that have not already done so could supply us with a contact e-mail address as soon as possible (details in the contact information heading of the project page).

Please be assured that this information will be managed in line with our Privacy Notice.

29 April 2020

IMPORTANT: As a result of ongoing Government guidance relating to COVID-19 the Planning Inspectorate is seeking to ensure that all Parties are notified of key developments on projects, in a timely manner. In order to help achieve this, and to minimise any delays which could arise if the postal service is affected, it would be extremely helpful if registered Parties that have not already done so could supply us with a contact e-mail address as soon as possible (details in the contact information heading of the project page).

Please be assured that this information will be managed in line with our Privacy Notice.

25 March 2020

The Applicant’s response to the Secretary of State’s consultation dated 10 December 2019 has now been published.

06 January 2020

In light of the general election, the original decision date of 5 December 2019 for the Lake Lothing Development Consent Order application will now be postponed until a new Government is appointed. A Statement to Parliament setting a new deadline for a decision will be made once Parliament is in session.

The Examining Authority issued a Recommendation Report to the Secretary of State on 05 September 2019. The decision letter and Recommendation Report will be published on this project page once a decision has been made.

15 November 2019

Responses from the Applicant and Associated British Ports to the Secretary of State’s consultation have now been published.

14 October 2019
Recommendations given by the Planning Inspectorate
05 September 2019

The Examination closed at 23:59 on 5 June 2019.

Submissions to Deadline 11 have now been published.

Additional Submissions, accepted at the discretion of the Examining Authority, have also been published.

06 June 2019
29 May 2019

Updated documents have been submitted by the Applicant reflecting the inclusion of eight non-material changes within the application. These documents were requested by the Examining Authority to Deadline 10 and have been published early in order to facilitate the Examination. All other submissions to Deadline 10 will be published as soon as practicable after 24 May 2019.

14 May 2019

Submissions to Deadline 9 have now been published.

29 April 2019

Please note that in the light of the content of this letter from the Applicant dated 12 April 2019, the Examining Authority has decided to defer its Procedural Decision in respect of the proposed changes to the application from 15 April 2019 to a later date.

Submissions to Deadline 8 have now been published.

15 April 2019

Submissions to Deadline 6 have now been published.

06 March 2019

Deadline 5 Submissions have been published and added to the Examination Library.

27 February 2019
04 February 2019

Read the letter

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

Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting

17 December 2018
  • Preliminary Meeting takes place
  • Examination begins
05 December 2018

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.

06 November 2018
Relevant representations published on the website
10 October 2018
Registration of interested parties closes
24 September 2018
Registration of interested parties begins
17 August 2018

The application has been accepted for examination. View the acceptance letter.

09 August 2018
Read the letter

The application has been accepted for examination

09 August 2018
Decision on whether or not to accept the application for examination
09 August 2018

This application was received by the Planning Inspectorate on 13 July 2018.

The application documents will be made available 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 guidance).

13 July 2018
Application received by the Planning Inspectorate
13 July 2018