What happens next
Dates for the Examination can be viewed on the Examination Timetable page.
Notice of the Procedural Decision has been issued by the Examining Authority to Interested Parties in the Rule 8 letter; this includes information about how the Examination will be conducted and the Examination Timetable as currently set out.
20/10/2021 - Examination ends21/10/2021 - Deadline for close of examination20/01/2022 - Deadline for Planning Inspectorate to submit recommendation. See the Examination Timetable for further information.
If you have a legal interest in land affected by a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project and:
- have not been identified by the Applicant; and
- did not register to become an Interested Party;
then you can make a request to the Examining Authority to become an Interested Party under s102A of the Planning Act 2008.
Timeline (28 items)
The recordings and transcripts for Open Floor Hearing 1 and Issue Specific Hearing 2 have been published.
Action points arising from Issue Specific Hearing 2 (PDF, 113KB) have been published.
The Examination Library (PDF, 378) has been updated.
The livestream link for Issue Specific Hearing 2 – Day 2 being held on Wednesday 30 June 2021 is now available for those who wish to observe the Hearing in real time.
Please note that the Issue Specific Hearing 2 will start broadcasting LIVE once the Hearings commence at 10.00am. If the Livestream does not work initially work, it may be resolved by refreshing the page.
The livestream link for Open Floor Hearing 1 and Issue Specific Hearing 2 being held on Tuesday 29 June 2021 is now available for those who wish to observe the Hearing in real time.
Please note that the Open Floor Hearing and Issue Specific Hearing 2 will start broadcasting LIVE once the Hearings commence at 10.00am. If the Livestream does not work initially work, it may be resolved by refreshing the page.
The Hearing agenda for Issue Specific Hearing 2 has now been published
The Examination Library has been updated
The Examining Authority’s Further Written Questions (ExQ2) (PDF, 238KB) have been published.
The Examining Authority has issued a letter containing:
- Notification of Procedural Decisions under Rule 9.
- Notification of Hearings that will be held during the week commencing 28 June 2021, under Rule 13.
- Requests for further information under Rule 17.
The Examining Authority has issued a Rule 8 (3) (PDF, 205kb) change to the Examination Timetable and Rule 17 request for further information.
The Examination Timetable (Rule 8 letter) has been sent to Interested Parties
Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting
The Examining Authority’s First Written Questions (PDF, 238kb) have also been published.
The Examination Timetable (Rule 8 letter) has been sent to Interested Parties
Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting
The recordings and transcripts from the Preliminary Meeting Tuesday 20 April 2021 and Issue Specific Hearing 1 Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 April have now been published.
The Preliminary Meeting Note and Action Points from Issue Specific Hearing 1 have also been published.
For parties wishing to observe the Preliminary Meeting and/or Issue Specific Hearing on Tuesday 20th (and Wednesday 21st if required) April 2021, here is the link to the livestream (which will remain the same for all Hearings relating to this project)
The Procedural Deadline A Documents have now been published.
The Examining Authority has issued a Procedural Decision with respect to the documents submitted by the Applicant for the above deadline.
The Issue Specific Hearing 1 Agenda has also been published.
A note of the ExA’s Unaccompanied Site Inspection on Tuesday 6 April 2021 has been published.
A revised version of the Rule 6 letter has been published today which includes the following changes:
The deletion from the draft Examination Timetable at Annex D of the Open Floor Hearing (OFH) which was scheduled to be held on Tuesday 20 April 2021
The deletion from Deadline A of the deadline for Interested Parties to confirm their attendance at the OFH, that was scheduled to be held on 20 April
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.
The following documents have been published as Additional Submissions accepted by the Examining Authority:
INRG Solar: The Applicant’s Response to S51 Advice issued 23 December 2020 (PDF, 772 KB)
INRG Solar: Updated application Index (Revision A dated 11 January 2021) (PDF, 534 KB)
INRG Solar: Updated Book of Reference (Revision A dated 11 January 2021) (PDF, 4 MB)
INRG Solar: Updated Transport Statement (table 2.1 of appendix C updated as per s55 comments) (PDF, 8 MB)
This application was received by the Planning Inspectorate on 4 December 2020.
The application documents will be made available if the application is accepted for examination.
It is for the Applicant to decide whether or not application documents can be published upon submission (see government’s Planning Act 2008: guidance on the Pre-application process).
