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.
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 (47 items)
The agenda for Open Floor Hearing 3 taking place on 14 – 17 July 2020 has been published.
Please also see our updated Frequently Asked Questions.
A notification of virtual hearings to take place 2 July, 14-17 July and 21-24 July has been published.
The deadline for the close of the Examination has been extended to 12 October 2020.
The Examining Authority has issued an updated Examination timetable a FAQ document and a request for further information from all Interested Parties, in the form of a questionnaire.
Responses to this questionnaire are requested by Deadline 12, Tuesday 26 May 2020.
The Secretary of State has issued a letter extending the Examination from 12 May to 12 October 2020.
The Submissions for Deadline 9 have been published.
The updated timetable, published on 28 April, has been amended to correct minor errors at bullet point 4 of Deadline 9 and bullet point 6 of Deadline 10
A letter issuing a fourth round of written questions (ExQ4) and notifying a change to the Examination timetable has been published.
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.
The Examining Authority’s third round of Written Questions was published on 23 March 2020.
The Examining Authority have published a letter revising the Examination Timetable which now includes a third round of written questions
Please note that the hearings on 17 and 18 March and the Accompanied Site Inspection on 19 March have been postponed in light of the current public health situation surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19).
The hearings scheduled for April have also been postponed.
Updates to the Examination timetable will be announced in due course.
We have published the itinerary for the Accompanied Site Inspection, taking place on 19 March 2020.
IMPORTANT: In the light of the current public health situation surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19), if you are planning to attend the hearings and ASI on 17-19 March 2020 please check this website and that of the venue (the Kings Centre) regularly and before travelling to the event. If there are any changes or cancellations required to the hearings and ASI this page will be updated as soon as possible. Advice is available and you are requested to please take careful note of it.
We have published the agendas for the Issue Specific Hearing on onshore and offshore effects and the draft DCO and the Compulsory Acquisition Hearing, which are being held on 17 and 18 March 2020.
IMPORTANT: In the light of the current public health situation surrounding coronavirus (COVID-19), if you are planning to attend the hearings and ASI on 17-19 March 2020 please check this website and that of the venue (the Kings Centre) regularly and before travelling to the event. If there are any changes or cancellations required to the hearings and ASI this page will be updated as soon as possible. Advice is available and you are requested to please take careful note of it.
A notification of Hearings and Accompanied Site Inspection, to take place 17- 19 March 2020, has been published.
The Examining Authority’s Further Written Questions and Requests for information (ExQ2) has now been published.
The Action Points arising from Issue Specific Hearing 3 on Onshore effects including the draft Development Consent Order and Issue Specific Hearing 4 on Offshore effects including the draft Development Consent Order have been published.
The itinerary for the Accompanied Site Inspection, taking place on Thursday 23 January 2020, has been published.
Read the letterThe Examination Timetable (Rule 8 letter) has been sent to Interested Parties
Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting
The Action Points arising from Issue Specific Hearing 1 on the draft Development Consent Order have been published.
There is an Open Floor Hearing at 7pm tonight (Wednesday 13 November 2019) at
The King’s Centre, King Street, Norwich, NR1 1PH
- Preliminary Meeting takes place
- Examination begins
The agenda for the Issue Specific Hearing 2: Environmental Matters including HRA (Thursday 14 November 2019) has been published.
Responses to the Examining Authority’s Rule 6 Letter of 11 October 2019 have been published.
The agenda for Issue Specific Hearing 1: The draft Development Consent Order (Wednesday 13 November 2019) has been published.
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.
The Examining Authority has accepted documents from the Applicant submitted in response to Section 51 Advice as Additional Submissions.