Mona Offshore Wind Farm

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
16 July 2024
Examination Begins
 Date Passed
16 July 2024
Issue Specific Hearing (ISH1)
Issue Specific Hearing (ISH1)

ISH1 on the Scope of Development
 Date Passed
17 July 2024
Issue Specific Hearing (ISH2)
Issue Specific Hearing (ISH2)

ISH2 on Onshore and Offshore Environmental Matters and the draft Development Consent Order
 Date Passed
18 July 2024
Issue Specific Hearing (ISH2) (continued)
Issue Specific Hearing (ISH2) (continued)

ISH2 on Onshore and Offshore Environmental Matters and the draft Development Consent Order
 Date Passed
19 July 2024
Open Floor Hearing (OFH1)
Open Floor Hearing (OFH1)
 Date Passed
23 July 2024
Issue by the ExA of
Issue by the ExA of:

- Examination Timetable
 Date Passed
07 August 2024
Deadline 1

For receipt by the ExA of:
- Written Representations (WRs) including summaries if exceeding 1500 words
- Comments on any updates to application documents submitted by the Applicant before the Preliminary Meeting
- Local Impact Reports from any local authorities
- Comments on the Applicant’s Land Rights Tracker
- Applicant’s draft itinerary for ASI
- Initial Statements of Common Ground (SoCG) and Statement of Commonality requested by the Examining Authority (see Appendix F of the Rule 6 letter)
- Applicant’s updated Pre-Examination Progress Tracker
- Applicant’s updated Application Guide in clean and tracked versions
- Applicant’s updated Book of Reference (BoR) and Schedule of Changes to the BoR (If required) in clean and tracked versions
- Applicant’s planning obligations and commercial side agreements tracking list and any draft s106 agreement (see Appendix F of the Rule 6 letter)
- Applicant’s updated Schedule of Negotiations and Powers Sought in clean and tracked versions
- Notification by Statutory Parties of their wish to be considered as an IP by the ExA
- Requests by Affected Persons to participate in a Compulsory Acquisition Hearing
- Requests by Interested Parties to participate in a further Open Floor Hearing
- Post-hearing submissions including written submissions of oral cases and comments on any oral submissions put at hearings
- Notification of wish to have future correspondence received electronically
- Summaries of all RRs exceeding 1500 words (if not provided at the Pre-Examination Procedural Deadline)
- Comments on RRs (if not provided at the Pre-Examination Procedural Deadline)
- Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
View the documents received relating to this deadline
 Date Passed
27 August 2024
Deadline 2

For receipt by the ExA of:
- Comments on WRs
- Comments on LIRs
- An updated dDCO in clean, tracked and Word versions (if required)
- An updated Explanatory Memorandum in clean, tracked and Word versions (if required)
- An updated Schedule of Changes to the dDCO (if required)
- Applicant’s first update to the Land Rights Tracker
- Applicant’s updated Application Guide in clean and tracked versions
- Applicant’s updated Schedule of Negotiations and Powers Sought in clean and tracked versions
- Comments on initial Statements of Common Ground
- Responses to comments on Relevant Representations
- Comments on Applicant’s draft itinerary for ASI
- Comments on any other submissions received at Deadline 1
- Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
View the documents received relating to this deadline
 Date Passed
13 September 2024
Publication by the ExA of
Issue by the ExA of:

- Written Questions (ExQ1)
 Date Passed
30 September 2024
Deadline 3

For receipt by the ExA of:
- Responses to Written Questions (ExQ1)
- An updated dDCO in clean, tracked and Word versions (if required)
- An updated Explanatory Memorandum in clean, tracked and Word versions (if required)
- An updated Schedule of Changes to the dDCO (if required)
- Updated Statements of Common Ground and Statement of Commonality requested by the Examining Authority (see Appendix F of the Rule 6 letter)
- Applicants updated Land Rights Tracker
- Applicant’s updated Application Guide in clean and tracked versions
- Applicant’s updated Schedule of Negotiations and Powers Sought in clean and tracked versions
- Applicant’s Examination Progress Tracker (see Part 5 of Appendix F of the Rule 6 letter)
- Applicant’s updated BoR and Schedule of Changes to the BoR (If required) in clean and tracked versions
- Notification of wish to attend an Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI)
- Comments on any other submissions received at Deadline 2
- Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
View the documents received relating to this deadline
 
14 October 2024
Hearings
Week commencing Monday 14 October 2024 reserved for:

- Accompanied Site Inspection
- Further Issue Specific Hearing(s)
- Compulsory Acquisition Hearing(s)
- Further Open Floor Hearing(s) (if required)
 
21 October 2024
Hearings
Week commencing Monday 21 October 2024 reserved for:

- Accompanied Site Inspection
- Further Issue Specific Hearing(s)
- Compulsory Acquisition Hearing(s)
- Further Open Floor Hearing(s) (if required)
 
04 November 2024
Deadline 4

For receipt by the ExA of:
- Post-hearing submissions including written submissions of oral cases and comments on any oral submissions put at hearings (if required)
- An updated dDCO in clean, tracked and Word versions (if required)
- An updated Explanatory Memorandum in clean, tracked and Word versions (if required)
- An updated Schedule of Changes to the dDCO (if required)
- Applicant’s updated Land Rights Tracker
- Applicant’s updated Application Guide in clean and tracked versions
- Applicant’s updated Schedule of Negotiations and Powers Sought in clean and tracked versions
- Comments on responses to ExA’s first written questions (ExQ1)
- Comments on any other submissions received at Deadline 3
- Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
 
19 November 2024
Publication by the ExA of
Publication by the ExA of :

- Further Written Questions (ExQ2)
- Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES)
- ExA’s commentary on, or schedule of changes to, the draft DCO (if required)
 
03 December 2024
Deadline 5

For receipt by the ExA of:
- Responses to ExA’s Further Written Questions (ExQ2)
- Comments on the RIES
- Comments on the ExA’s commentary on, or schedule of changes to, the draft DCO (if required)
- Updated Statement of Commonality of Statements of Common Ground
- Final agreed Protective Provisions with relevant statutory undertakers
- Applicant’s updated Application Guide in clean and tracked versions
- Applicant’s updated Schedule of Negotiations and Powers Sought in clean and tracked versions
- Comments on any other submissions received at Deadline 4
- Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
 
09 December 2024
Hearings
Week commencing Monday 9 December 2024 reserved for:

- Further Issue Specific Hearing(s) (if required)
- Further Open Floor Hearing(s) (if required)
- Further Compulsory Acquisition Hearing(s) (if required)
- Further Accompanied Site Inspection (if required)
 
20 December 2024
Deadline 6
Deadline 6

For receipt by the ExA of:
* Post-hearing submissions including written submissions of oral cases (if applicable)
* Comments on responses to ExA’s further written questions (ExQ2)
* Comments on any other submissions received at Deadline 5
* Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
 
14 January 2025
Deadline 7

For receipt by the ExA of:
- IP’s Closing Statement(s) (if desired, see Appendix F of the Rule 6 letter)
- Applicant’s Close of Examination Progress Tracker (see Part 5 of Appendix F of the Rule 6 letter)
- Final draft DCO to be submitted by the Applicant in the SI template with the SI template validation report (clean and tracked versions)
- Final Explanatory Memorandum in clean, tracked and Word versions
- Final Schedule of Changes to the dDCO (if required)
- Final Statement of Commonality and Final SoCGs
- Final BoR and Schedule of changes to BoR
- Applicant’s final Land Rights Tracker
- Applicant’s final Application Guide in clean and tracked versions
- Applicant’s final Schedule of Negotiations and Powers Sought in clean and tracked versions
- Applicant’s final planning obligations and commercial side agreements tracking lists (see Part 11 of Appendix F of the Rule 6 letter)
- Any final signed and dated section 106 agreements together with CIL compliance schedule
- Applicant’s final versions of any application documents updated during the Examination
- Comments on any other submissions received at Deadline 6
- Any further information requested by the ExA under Rule 17 of The Infrastructure Planning (Examination Procedure) Rules 2010
 
16 January 2025
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
 
16 January 2025
Deadline for close of examination