What happens next
A decision on the application for a Development Consent Order for VPI Immingham OCGT was taken on 07 August 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 (45 items)
A Decision Letter (PDF, 153KB) and Amendment Order (PDF, 162KB) have been issued by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to make a change that is not material to the VPI Immingham OCGT.
The Secretary of State has requested comments (PDF, 111 KB) from the Applicant on the consultation responses received from the Environment Agency and North Lincolnshire Council.
Representations received in response to the consultation for a non-material change to the VPI Immingham OCGT Development Consent Order have been published.
An application for a non-material change to the VPI Immingham OCGT Development Consent Order has been made by VPI Immingham B Limited.
If you wish to make a representation, this should be emailed to [email protected] or posted to:
National Infrastructure
The Planning Inspectorate
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Bristol
BS1 6PN
The deadline for receipt of representations is 11:59pm on Thursday 17 November 2022
The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has issued a Correction Order. For further information please refer to the following decision documentation:
Correction Notice (PDF, 160 KB); and Correction Order (PDF, 57 KB)
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 Consent Letter
Secretary of State Decision Letter
Examining Authority Recommendation Report
Development Consent Order as made by the Secretary of State
Habitats Regulation Assessment
Regulation 31 Notice
Post-Examination Submissions
The deadline for the consultation responses is 23:59 on 20 July 2020.
The deadline for the consultation responses is 23:59 on 26 June 2020.
7 August 2020 – Deadline for the Secretary of State to make decision.
The Examining Authority issued a Recommendation Report to the Secretary of State on 7 May 2020. The Secretary of State has three months in which to issue a decision. The decision letter and the Recommendation Report will be published on this project page once a decision has been made.
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.
Notification of completion of the Examining Authority’s Examination (Section 99) letter has been published.
The Examination closed at 23:59 on Saturday 8 February 2020.
The Examining Authority has issued a letter seeking further information and confirming variations to the Examination timetable. This has been added to the Examination Library.
The request for a closed hearing referred to in the Secretary of State’s notice of 26 November 2019 has been withdrawn.
Rule 8(3) letter notifying of a change to the Examination Timetable and Hearing agendas for CAH2 and ISH3 have been published.
All Deadline 3a submissions and Notification of Hearings have now been published and the Exam Library has been updated.
The Examination Authority’s Further Questions and Rule 17 letter, requesting further information have been issued.
The agendas for the forthcoming Open Floor Hearing, Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1, Issue Specific Hearing 1 and Issue Specific Hearing 2, have now been published.
The Accompanied Site Inspection Itinerary has also been published.
The Examination Timetable (Rule 8 letter) has been sent to Interested Parties
Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting
- Preliminary Meeting takes place
- Examination begins
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 Immingham OCGT application documents have been published.
If the application is accepted for examination anyone interested in the application will be able to register and express their views during the relevant representation stage and the subsequent examination.
This application was received by the Planning Inspectorate on Thursday 11 April.
The applicant has agreed that all application documents can be published as soon as practicable to help everyone become familiar with the detail of what is being proposed in this application. The Planning Inspectorate will therefore make the application documents available as soon as practicable.
This provision is solely for the purpose of allowing more time to all those who wish to become familiar with the detail of what is being proposed ahead of the relevant representation period without lengthening the overall time required for the application process. There will be no opportunity at this stage to make comments on the application. However, if the application is accepted anyone interested in the application will be able to register and express their views during the relevant representation stage and the subsequent examination
