A63 Castle Street Improvement-Hull

What happens next

A decision on the application for a Development Consent Order for A63 Castle Street Improvement-Hull was taken on 28 May 2020 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 (27 items)

The Secretary of State has made a Correction Order (PDF, 127 KB) affecting the A63 (Castle Street Improvement, Hull) Development

Consent Order 2020. A Correction Notice (PDF, 122 KB) was issued on 28 October 2020. The corrections to the Order are applied following a request from the Applicant dated 16 June 2020 (PDF, 140 KB).

28 October 2020
Decision made by the Secretary of State
28 May 2020

A Statement has been laid in Parliament setting a new deadline of 31 May 2020 to enable further work to be carried out before the application is determined by the Secretary of State.

 IMPORTANT: As a result of ongoing Government guidance relating to COVID-19 the Planning Inspectorate is seeking to ensure that all Parties are notified of key developments on projects, in a timely manner. In order to help achieve this, and to minimise any delays which could arise if the postal service is affected, it would be extremely helpful if registered Parties that have not already done so could supply us with a contact e-mail address as soon as possible (details in the contact information heading of the project page).

Please be assured that this information will be managed in line with our Privacy Notice.

29 April 2020

IMPORTANT: As a result of ongoing Government guidance relating to COVID-19 the Planning Inspectorate is seeking to ensure that all Parties are notified of key developments on projects, in a timely manner. In order to help achieve this, and to minimise any delays which could arise if the postal service is affected, it would be extremely helpful if registered Parties that have not already done so could supply us with a contact e-mail address as soon as possible (details in the contact information heading of the project page).

Please be assured that this information will be managed in line with our Privacy Notice.

25 March 2020

The A63 Castle Street Improvement – Hull Development Consent Order application remains with the Secretary of State for consideration.

23 March 2020

Responses to the Secretary of State’s consultation of 27 February 2020 have been published.

11 March 2020

The Secretary of State for Transport has asked for further clarification and information in relation to a range of matters by 10 March 2020

27 February 2020
Recommendations given by the Planning Inspectorate
24 December 2019

The examination closed at 23:59 on Thursday 26 September 2019.

26 September 2019

The Examining Authority has published the Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES) and issued the Agenda’s for ISH5 and CAH2, Schedule of Proposed Changes to the draft Development Consent Order and Further Written Questions and Requests for Information. The deadline for responses to the Further Written Questions is D5: 5 August 2019

11 July 2019

The Examining Authority has issued notice of hearings.

19 June 2019

Read the letter

The Examination Timetable (Rule 8 letter) has been sent to Interested Parties

Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting

01 April 2019
  • Preliminary Meeting takes place
  • Examination begins
26 March 2019

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.

22 February 2019
Relevant representations published on the website
27 December 2018
Registration of interested parties closes
20 December 2018
Registration of interested parties begins
07 November 2018
Read the letter

The application has been accepted for examination

18 October 2018
Decision on whether or not to accept the application for examination
18 October 2018

This application was received by the Planning Inspectorate on 20 September 2018.

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. The Planning Inspectorate will therefore
make the application documents available as soon as practicable.
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.

20 September 2018
Application received by the Planning Inspectorate
20 September 2018