This page sets out the timetable for the examination of the application. It includes the deadlines for submissions to be made to the Planning Inspectorate and the dates of events taking place during the Examination. The Examination Timetable is also set out in an annex to the Rule 8 letter that was sent to Interested Parties at the start of the Examination.
Event Date | Description |
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![]() | Examination Begins |
![]() | Issue Specific Hearing 1 (ISH1) ISH1 on the draft Development Consent Order (dDCO) |
![]() | Issue by ExA Examination timetableExA’s Written Questions (ExQ1) |
![]() | DEADLINE 1 Deadline for receipt of: ● Comments on any updates to application documents submitted by the Applicant before or at the PM; ● Comments on Relevant Representations (RRs); ● Summaries of all RRs exceeding 1500 words; ● Written Representations (WRs) by all Interested Parties (IPs); ● Summaries of all WRs exceeding 1500 words; ● Statements of Common Ground (SoCG) requested by ExA – see Annex E; ● Response to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline; ● Post-hearing submissions including written submissions of oral cases; ● Notification by Statutory Parties of their wish to be considered as an IP by the ExA; ● Notification of wish to speak at any subsequent Issue Specific Hearings (ISHs); ● Notification of wish to speak at an Open Floor Hearing (OFH); ● Provision of suggested locations and justifications for site inspections for consideration by the ExA; ● Notification of wish to attend an Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI); and ● Notification of wish to have future correspondence received electronically View the documents received relating to this deadline |
![]() | DEADLINE 2 Deadline for receipt of: ● Comments on WRs; ● Comments on any SoCG; ● Local Impact Reports (LIRs) from any Local Authorities; ● Responses to ExQ1; ● Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by D1; and ● Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline. View the documents received relating to this deadline |
![]() | Accompanied Site Inspection Accompanied Site Inspection |
![]() | Open Floor Hearing Open Floor Hearing (evening) |
![]() | Issue Specific Hearing 2 (ISH2) ISH2 on Environmental matters, Landscape & Visual, Ecology, Air Quality and Other matters |
![]() | Issue Specific Hearing 3 (ISH3) ISH3 on the draft DCO |
![]() | DEADLINE 3 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: ● Post-hearing submissions including written submissions of oral cases; ● Comments on LIRs; ● Comments on responses to ExQ1; ● Any revised/ updated SoCG (if any); ● The Applicant’s revised dDCO; ● Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by D2; and ● Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline. View the documents received relating to this deadline |
![]() | DEADLINE 4 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: ● Comments on the Applicant’s revised dDCO; ● Comments on any revised/updated SoCG (if any); ● Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by D3; and ● Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline. View the documents received relating to this deadline |
![]() | Procedural Decision Publication by the ExA of:● Further Written Questions (ExQ2) (if required); ● Consultation on the ExA’s preferred DCO (if required); and ● Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES) (if required). |
![]() | DEADLINE 5 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: ● Post-hearing submissions including written submissions of oral cases (if required); ● Any revised/ updated SoCG; ● Response to ExQ2 (if required); ● Comments on the ExA’s preferred DCO (if required); ● Comments on the ExA’s RIES (if required); ● Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by D4; and ● Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline. View the documents received relating to this deadline |
![]() | DEADLINE 6 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: ● Comments on any revised/updated SoCG; ● Comments on responses to ExQ2 (if required); ● The Applicant’s Final preferred DCO in the Statutory Instrument (SI) template validation report; ● Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by D5; and responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline. View the documents received relating to this deadline |
![]() | DEADLINE 7 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: ● Comments on the Applicant’s Final preferred DCO; ● Comments on any additional information/ submissions received by D6; and ● Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline. |
![]() | DEADLINE 8 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: ● Comments on the Applicant’s proposed change to Work No.1(c). View the documents received relating to this deadline |
![]() | DEADLINE 9 Deadline for receipt by the ExA of: ● Comments on any submissions received by D8. View the documents received relating to this deadline |
![]() | The ExA is under a duty to complete the Examination of the application by the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day after the close of the Preliminary Meeting. |
![]() | Examination closed |