M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange improvement

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 DateDescription
 Date Passed
12 November 2019
Examination Begins
 Date Passed
12 November 2019
Issue Specific Hearing (ISH)
Issue Specific Hearing 1 (ISH1) into the draft Development Consent Order (dDCO)
 Date Passed
12 November 2019
Open Floor Hearing (OFH)
Open Floor Hearing 1 (OFH1)
 Date Passed
26 November 2019
Deadline 1

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:
• Comments on any updates to application documents submitted by the Applicant before the PM
• Comments on Relevant Representations (RR)
• Summaries of any RRs exceeding 1500 words
• Written Representations (WRs)
• Summaries of any WRs exceeding 1500 words
• Post PM, dDCO ISH and OFH submissions, including written summaries of oral case
• Notification by Statutory Parties of wish to be considered as an Interested Person (IP) by the ExA
• Provision of suggested locations and/or journey routes and justifications for site inspections for consideration by the ExA
• Notification of wish to attend any Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI)
• Draft itinerary to be provided by the Applicant for an ASI
• Notification from any Affected Person of wish to speak at a Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH)
• Notification from any IP of a wish to speak at subsequent ISHs
• Notification from any IP of a wish to speak at a subsequent OFH
• Notification of wish to have future correspondence electronically
Any further information requested by the ExA
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 Date Passed
18 December 2019
Deadline 2

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:
• Comments on WRs and responses to comments on RRs
• Responses to ExQ1
• Comments on Applicant’s draft ASI itinerary
• Local Impact Reports (LIR) from any Local Authorities
• Schedule of Changes to the Book of Reference and Negotiations Tracker from the Applicant
• Comments on Statements of Common Ground (SoCGs) submitted with application documents
• Applicant's first revised dDCO
• Any further information requested by the ExA
• Comments on any further information requested by the ExA received by D1
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 Date Passed
14 January 2020
Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI)
Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI)
 Date Passed
15 January 2020
Issue Specific Hearing (ISH2)
Issue Specific Hearing 2 (ISH2) concerning transportation, environmental and socio-economic matters

Continuing on 16 January 2020 at 11am
 Date Passed
28 January 2020
Deadline 3

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:
• Post-hearing submissions including written summaries of oral case
• Comments on LIRs
• Comments on responses to the ExQ1
• Comments on the Applicant’s first revised dDCO
• Revised/updated SoCGs (if any) and any additional SoCGs requested by the ExA
• Statement of Commonality of SoCGs
• Any further information requested by the ExA
• Comments on any further information requested by the ExA received by D2
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 Date Passed
11 February 2020
Deadline 4

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:
• Applicant’s revised dDCO (if required)
• Comments on revised and additional SoCG (if submitted)
• Notification from any Affected Person of wish to speak at a CAH
• Notification from any IP of a wish to speak at subsequent ISHs
• Notification from any IP of a wish to speak at a subsequent OFH
• Any further information requested by the ExA
• Comments on any further information requested by the ExA received by D3
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 Date Passed
18 February 2020
Deadline 4a
Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:
• Documents and information requested by the ExA from the Applicant in the Procedural Decision dated 14 February 2020 following the Applicant’s submission of proposed changes at D4.
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 Date Passed
18 February 2020
Publication by the ExA 1
Publication by the ExA of:
• ExA’s Further Written Questions (ExQ2) (if required)
 Date Passed
03 March 2020
Deadline 5

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:
• Responses to ExQ2 (if issued)
• Comment’s on applicant’s revised dDCO (if relevant)
• Submission of updated SoCGs (if required)
• Any further information requested by the ExA
• Comments on any further information requested by the ExA received by D4
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 Date Passed
13 March 2020
NEW Deadline 5a

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:

• Updated Schedule of Changes to the Book of Reference and Negotiations Tracker from the Applicant
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 Date Passed
24 March 2020
Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH1)
Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH1)

POSTPONED
 Date Passed
25 March 2020
Issue Specific Hearing (ISH3)
Issue Specific Hearing 3 (ISH3) on Traffic, environmental and socio-economic matters

POSTPONED
 Date Passed
25 March 2020
Open Floor Hearing (OFH2)
Open Floor Hearing 2 (OFH2)

POSTPONED
 Date Passed
26 March 2020
issue Specific Hearing (ISH4)
Issue Specific hearing 4 (ISH4) on the draft Development Consent Order

POSTPONED
 Date Passed
03 April 2020
Deadline 6

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:
• Post hearing submissions including written submissions of oral case
• Comments on updated SoCG
• Applicant’s revised dDCO (if required)
• Any further information requested by the ExA
• Comments on any further information requested by the ExA received by D5 and D5a
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 Date Passed
09 April 2020
Publication by the ExA 2
Publication by the ExA of:
• Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES)
• The ExA’s draft DCO Schedule of Changes
• Any request for further information under Rule 17 (if necessary)
 Date Passed
20 April 2020
Deadline 7

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:
• Comments on updated schedule of Changes to BoR and Negotiations Tracker
• Documentation demonstrating that the transfer and registration of Special Category Land between the Applicant and Surrey County Council, arising from the exercise of the compulsory purchase powers associated with the original construction of the M25, have been completed
• Certified copies of any agreement(s) under: Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or any other legislation; or of a commercial nature that the Applicant intends to enter into with any other party or parties
• Comments on the ExA’s draft DCO schedule of changes (if required)
• Any further information requested by the ExA
• Comments on any further information requested by the ExA received by D6
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 Date Passed
01 May 2020
Deadline 8

Deadline for receipt by ExA of:
• Final draft DCO to be submitted by the Applicant in the SI template with the SI template validation report
• Applicant’s final updated Guide to the Application
• Responses to request(s) under Rule 17 (if relevant)
• Responses to comments on the ExA’s draft DCO schedule of changes (if required)
• Final signed SoCGs
• Final Statement of Commonality of SoCGs
• Final updated version of the Book of Reference
• Any comments on RIES
• Any further information requested by the ExA
• Comments on any further information requested by the ExA received by D7
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 Date Passed
14 May 2020
Deadline 9

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:
• Any comments on Proposed Changes 7 to 9
• Notification of a wish to speak at a CAH
• Responses from Affected Persons (APs) with respect to their individual preference for the use of video conferencing or teleconferencing technologies during the course of a virtual Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH) (not for publication).
• Taking into account the limitations of virtual hearings and the Open Floor Hearing (OFH) that has already taken place in the examination, please submit comments on whether a further OFH, which would need to be a virtual hearing, is required or whether written submissions would suffice.
• Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17
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 Date Passed
21 May 2020
Publication by the ExA 3
Publication by the ExA of:

• Further written questions (if required)
• The ExA’s second draft DCO schedule of changes (if
required)
 Date Passed
02 June 2020
Deadline 10

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:
• Responses to further written questions published by the ExA on 21 May 2020 (if issued)
• Comments on the ExA’s second draft DCO schedule of changes (if issued)
• For the Interested Parties (IPs) and any other Examination participants who had notified the Planning Inspectorate of their wish to heard at Open Floor Hearing 2 (OFH2) originally timetabled for 25 March 2020, the provision in writing of the
oral cases that they would otherwise have been made at the postponed OFH2.
• Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17
• Comments on any further information responses under Rule 17 received by the ExA at D9 (if required)
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 Date Passed
16 June 2020
Compulsory Aquisition Hearing (CAH1)
Time reserved for a Compulsory Acquisition Hearing
(CAH1).
 Date Passed
17 June 2020
Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH1)
Time reserved for a Compulsory Acquisition Hearing
(CAH1).
 Date Passed
18 June 2020
Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH1)
Time reserved for a Compulsory Acquisition Hearing
(CAH1).
 Date Passed
23 June 2020
Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH1)
Additional time reserved for CAH1, if required.

NO LONGER REQUIRED
 Date Passed
24 June 2020
Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH1)
Additional time reserved for CAH1, if required.

NO LONGER REQUIRED
 Date Passed
25 June 2020
Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH1)
Additional time reserved for CAH1, if required.

NO LONGER REQUIRED
 Date Passed
03 July 2020
Deadline 11

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:
• Written summaries of oral contributions at the CAH
• Post-Hearing submissions requested by the ExA (if required)
• Applicant’s updated Book of Reference and Statement of Reasons, and the documents certified under Schedule 10 of the draft DCO (if required)
• Responses to comments on the ExA’s second draft DCO schedule of changes (if required).
• Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17
• Comments on any further information responses under Rule 17 received by the ExA at D10 (if required)
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 Date Passed
10 July 2020
Deadline 12

Deadline for receipt by the ExA of:
• Final draft DCO to be submitted by the Applicant in the SI template with the SI template validation report (if required)
• Applicant’s final updated Guide to the Application (if required)
• Final signed SoCGs (if required)
• Final Statement of Commonality of SoCGs (if required)
• Final updated version of the Book of Reference (if required)
• Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17
• Comments on submissions made at D11
• Comments on any further information responses under Rule 17 received by the ExA at D11 (if required)
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 Date Passed
12 July 2020
Close of Examination
The ExA is under a duty to complete the examination of the application by the end of the period of six months beginning with the day after the close of the Preliminary Meeting.
The ExA may close the examination before the end of the six-month period if he is satisfied that all relevant matters have been addressed and discussed.
 Date Passed
12 July 2020
Examination closed