The Secretary of State has granted a non-material change to a Development Consent Order to the Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013 and published the Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) (Amendment) Order 2018.

Please note, not all of the changes sought have been made.

The applicant’s comments on responses to non-material change 3 on the Hinkley Point C New Power Station Development Consent Order has been published.

Representations received in response to the application for non-material change 3 to the Hinkley Point C New Power Station Development Consent Order have been published.

The Consultation and Publicity Statement in connection with the non-material change application has been received from the applicant.

Please note that the deadline for the close of the consultation period has been amended to the 24 November 2017.

An application for a non-material change to the Hinkley Point C New Power Station Development Consent Order has been made by NNB Generation Company Limited (EDF Energy).

If you wish to make a representation, this should be emailed to [email protected] or posted to:

Major Applications & Plans
3D Eagle Wing
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Bristol, BS1 6PN

The deadline for receipt of representations is 10 November 2017.

The Secretary of State has decided under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 6 to the Planning Act 2008 to make a non-material change to the Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station Order 2013 and has published the Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) (Amendment) Order 2017.

A late response to the application for a non-material change to the Hinkley Point C New Power Station Development Consent Order has been published.

Representations received in response to the application for a non-material change to the Hinkley Point C New Power Station Development Consent Order have been published.

An application for a non-material change to the Hinkley Point C New Power Station Development Consent Order has been made by EDF Energy.

If you wish to make a representation, this should be emailed to [email protected] or posted to:

Major Applications & Plans
3D Eagle Wing
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Bristol, BS1 6PN

The deadline for receipt of representations is 10 March 2017.

The Secretary of State has granted development consent for this application. For further information, please refer to the Secretary of State’s decision letter, the development consent order and the Planning Inspectorate’s recommendation to the Secretary of State.

The Secretary of State has decided under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 6 to the 2008 Act to make non-material changes to the Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013 and has published the Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station)(Amendment) Order 2015.

Consultation responses received by the Secretary of State after 23 March 2015 regarding the proposed non material change to the Development Consent Order have been published.

The consultation responses received for the deadline of 23 March 2015 regarding the proposed non material change to the Development Consent Order have been published.

An application for a non-material change to the Hinkley Point C Development Consent Order has been made by NNB Genco (“EDF Energy”).

A notice containing details of how to access the application documents and also information about how to make a representation has been published.

The deadline for making a representation is Monday 23 March 2015

The Secretary of State has granted development consent for this application

For further information, please refer to the following decision documentation:
Secretary of State Decision Letter
Annex A – Recommendation Report by the Panel of Examining Inspectors
Annex B – Development Consent Order as Made by the Secretary of State
Annex C – Comparison of the Order as Made with the Last Version Submitted by the Applicant (31st August 2012)
Annex D – Development Consent Order Plain Text Comparison
Annex E – Environmental Impact Assessment Summary
Annex F – Secretary of State’s Habitats Regulation Assessment

Other documentation:
Notification letter sent to Interested Parties by the Planning Inspectorate
Correspondence sent to the Planning Inspectorate after the close of the examination
Correspondence sent to the Secretary of State by Greenpeace
Correspondence sent to the Secretary of State by the Austrian Government
Correspondence sent to the Secretary of State (Miscellaneous)
Hinkley Point C Correction Order (Approved by Secretary of State on 19 November)
Hinkley Point C Correction notice (Approved by Secretary of State on 19 November)

The Examining Authority has issued its recommendation to the Secretary of State. A decision will be published on or before 19 March 2013. Please note that the Examining Authority’s recommendation will also be made available at that point.

The Panel has concluded its examination of the Hinkley Point C application and has sent a letter to Interested Parties.

Now that the examination is closed the Panel will no longer be able to receive written representations and submissions about this application.

The Panel must prepare a report on the application to the relevant Secretary of State, including a recommendation, within 3 months of the end of the six month examination period. The Secretary of State then has a further 3 months to make the decision on whether to grant or refuse development consent.

Interested Parties are invited to comment on the following 2 sets of documents and appendices by 12 noon on 7 September 2012:

Final Form DCO and appendices as proposed by the applicant (ZIP 4 MB)

Engrossed Planning Obligation (s.106 Agreement) – web version without signatures (PDF 506 KB)
Engrossed Planning Obligation (s.106 Agreement) Annexes 1 – 16 (ZIP 15 MB)
Engrossed Planning Obligation (s.106 Agreement) Plans 1 – 10 (ZIP 20 MB)

A set of Navigation Documents has been provided by the applicant to aid understanding of these documents. This is provided for information only.

Navigation Documents for information only (ZIP 13 MB)

Please note that the following documents submitted by the applicant have now been published:

EDF’s Response to Otterhampton Parish Council’s Suggested Requirements (PDF 6MB).

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Letter sent to interested parties inviting comments on the final form development consent order and signed planning obligation. Both documents due to be submitted on 31 August. The letter also includes notification of a site inspection.

Please note that the following documents submitted by the applicant have now been published and placed on deposit at the deposit locations.

Latest EDF Submissions:
– A ‘final form’ of the DCO Section 106 Agreement (PDF 37 MB)
– A ‘final form’ of the DCO Section 106 Agreement (excluding plans & appendices) (PDF 3 MB)
– A comparison of the final form S106 against the version submitted on 31 May (PDF 3 MB)
– Updated DCO document (PDF 2 MB)
– Revised Requirements (PDF 466 KB)
– Highways Position Statement (PDF 127 KB)

A letter to interested parties containing agendas and information regarding issue specific hearings being held between 21 – 24 August 2012 and details of other submissions accepted by the Panel has been published.

A letter to Interested Parties containing information about the date, time and place of an Open Floor Hearing on 6 September 2012 and 2 requests by the Panel for further information has been published.

Audio recordings of the issue specific hearing that took place on 17 and 18 July have now been published. Please be aware that these files are very large and may take a considerable time to download on slower internet connections.

17 July morning session (MP3 228 MB)
17 July afternoon session (MP3 246 MB)
18 July morning session (MP3 220 MB)
18 July afternoon session (MP3 119 MB)

Notification sent to Interested Parties which includes:

1. Notification about an Issue Specific Hearing on 14 August 2012
2. Notification of the opportunity to comment on responses to the Panel’s further questions
3. Notification that the Panel has accepted some submissions outside of the examination timetable and Interested Parties’ opportunity to comment on them
4. Details about Other Submissions accepted by the Panel – for Information Purposes Only

Audio recordings are now available to download on the hearings page (use the filter button titled “Issue Specific Hearing – 26-06-2012 – 0900 – The Exchange, Bridgwater”)

The Examining Authority has issued further questions to interested parties. Please refer to the covering letter and annex to the letter. Deadline to comment is 12pm on 9 July 2012.

Updated documents have been published and a period for comments by interested parties is now open until the deadlines specified below. Please note that some of these documents have a large file size and may take longer to download on slower internet connections.

EDF Updated Draft Development Consent Order and Proposed Mitigation (PDF 29 MB) – deadline to comment is 12pm on 5 July 2012

Revised Local Impact Report submitted jointly by Somerset County Council, Sedgemoor District Council and West Somerset Council (please see links below)- deadline to comment is 12pm on 5 July 2012
Errata (PDF 788 KB)
Addendum A (PDF 82 MB)
Addendum B (PDF 16 MB)

Comments have now been published.

A notification has been issued for an Issue Specific Hearing on the Development Consent Order and Mitigation Measures on 26th June 2012.

Written representations, local impact reports and statements of common ground have now been published on the corresponding pages.

Please note that the combined local impact report submitted by Sedgemoor District Council, West Somerset Council and Somerset County Council has been split into a number of zip files due to the size of the report.

The Examining Authority has published a procedural decision to accept changes to the application proposed by the applicant. These changes were introduced to the Examining Authority at the Preliminary Meeting. Read the letter

The revised application documents can be viewed on the application documents page (use the “Post submission changes” filter button).

A notification has been published for Open Floor Hearings taking place during May in Cannington, Combwich, Bridgwater and Stogursey.

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Paper copies of the application documents have been deposited at the following locations:

– Sedgemoor District Council, Bridgwater House, King Square, Bridgwater, TA6 3AR
– West Somerset Council, West Somerset House, Killick Way, Williton, TA4 4QA
– EDF Energy Bridgwater office, 14 King Square, Bridgwater, TA6 3DG
– Taunton Library, Paul Street, Taunton, TA1 3XZ