What happens next
A decision on the application for a Development Consent Order for M20 Junction 10A was taken on 01 December 2017 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 (33 items)
Five years after the Secretary of State’s decision is issued, all remaining published documents associated with an application are removed from the National Infrastructure Planning website, with the exception of the following which are retained in line with our document retention policy:
- The Secretary of State’s decision notice and statement of reasons;
- If made, the Development Consent Order;
- The Examining Authority’s Recommendation Report and associated appendices;
- Any material/non-material change decisions;
- Any correction notices; and
- All section 51 advice issued in respect of an application.
As such, the purpose of this banner is to highlight that we will shortly remove all documents, except those listed above.
The Secretary of State has granted a non-material change to a Development Consent Order to the M20 Junction 10A Order 2017 and published the M20 Junction 10A (Amendment) Order 2019.
An application for a non-material change to the M20 Junction 10a Development Consent Order 2017 has been made by Highways England
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 19th July 2019.
The Secretary of State for Transport has granted development consent for this application. Please refer to the following decision documentation:
Secretary of State for Transport’s decision letter and statement of reasons
Development Consent Order as made by the Secretary of State for Transport
Examining Authority’s report and recommendations to the Secretary of State for Transport
Post-Examination correspondence received by the Planning Inspectorate
Post-Recommendation correspondence received by the Secretary of State for Transport
Responses to the Department for Transport’s second consultation of 25 October 2017 have now been published.
A second consultation letter on behalf of the Department for Transport to Kent County Council, the Applicant (Highways England) and Ashford Borough Council has been published.
Responses to the Department for Transport’s consultation of 28 September 2017 have now been published.
A consultation letter on behalf of the Department for Transport to the Applicant (Highways England), Friends Life Ltd and Southern Gas Networks has been published.
Agendas for Hearings 22-24 February 2017 have been published.
A Supplemental Agenda for Compulsory Acquisition Hearing on 23 February 2017 has also been published.
The Notification of Hearings and Accompanied Site Inspection and the Itinerary for the Accompanied Site Inspection have now 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 Applicant has responded to the Planning Inspectorate’s post-Acceptance s51 advice, and to the Examining Authority’s procedural decision dated 21 September 2016. The responding documentation has been published and is available to view under the ‘Documents’ tab. Interested Parties are invited to provide comments on the Applicant’s response to Deadline 3 in the draft examination timetable. For clarification, please see Annex C and Annex F to the Rule 6 letter.
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.
This application was received by the Planning Inspectorate on 19 July 2016. 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.
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.
