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BumbleB - In relation to your 19.59 post of yesterday I was referring to the Information to support a habitat regulation assessment. That document was sent by Peel's agent to the Planning Authority on the 9 December according to documents on the council website. I am not sure when it would have been sent to Natural England but if when it was sent they were told a response was needed by a particular date then Natural England should comply with that deadline. A short extension of a week or so may be possible. However this would impact on the matter going to committee. It is for Natural England to comply with the planning authority's timetable not for the planning authority to comply with Natural England's timetable. While there can be some flexibility the overrall objective is to deal with planning applications with in statutory deadlines.
So are you talking about the initial NE response to the first ecological assessment, or the response to the revised submission?
BumbleB In relation to your 18.38 post I am not sure that I totally agree with you. while there may be some fault on Peel/W2T's behalf despite the pre application advice. The question must be when did Natural England get the information and what they were told about when a response was needed by. If they received it before Christmas and were given 28 days to respond by then if they fail to do so I do not see how Natural England if a decision is made without thier advice.
Stokey12, in relation to the 15.02 post this thread is getting confused by my answering Wolves here, about Velocys. Sorry.
If you are referring to Peel/ W2T complaining about Natural England delaying the Protos application I don’t think they have a leg to stand on. They should have done their ecological assessment properly, unless there was an initial pre-consultation where the requirement for that detail was not passed on to them.
Stokey12, the delay due to Natural England specialist advice was at Velocys, not the PHE site.
Delays at PHE resulting from the HRA were down to PEEL/W2T not providing the right information.
2017 ............. 3 years ago..............
The minister also welcomed the long-term potential of the site for £1.5bn in investment and 13,000 jobs to the region.
https://www.mrw.co.uk/latest/official-opening-for-peel-energy-site/10016851.article
BumbleB - Thanks for your 15.02 post. If it looks like there will be a delay beyond February then Peel might make a complaint to the Chief Exec of Cheshire West and Chester Council. In that case the Chief Exec would have a word in the ear of the Director of Planning and it will go before the Planning Committee. This would especially the case if Peel threaten to pull investment in the area. Advice has to be timely so if it looks like Natural England are unduly delaying things then the scenario I have just outlined might happen.
Stokey12, in that situation I would expect Natural England to warn the LPA there was a problem with timescales behind the scenes. What they are doing is providing advice to the LPA, which they need. That one in particular seems like a complicated case, more so than PHE’s thankfully.
Stokey12, in that situation I would expect Natural England to warn the LPA there was a problem with timescales behind the scenes. What they are doing is providing advice to the LPA, which they need. That one in particular seems like a complicated case, more so than PHE’s thankfully.
BumbleB - In relation to your 13.30 post If natural England have been given a deadlineto respond and they do not then I would epedt the planning officer to go ahead on the sis of the information she has. The application cannot be he,d up indefinitely for Natural England. I note that although the March meeting is in the first week of March depending on the positin with regards to the other condition this puts the grant in jeopardy.
If there is a delay into March I would not be surprised if it was partly to allow Natural England to consider and respond to the latest submission from Peel/W2T on the information for the Habitats Regulations Assessment.
curiouserandcuriouser - Thanks having had an exchange of emails with the planning officer those considerations will not affect this planning applcation going to committee.
Oh and they usually lay off agency staff over Christmas. Its a skeleton service for at least 2 weeks.
Re backlog. Local councils set up and manage the polling stations and council staff get given a day's paid leave plus a payment of about £100 for volunteering to staff the polling stations. Many councils also shut down offices where they can over Christmas (its cheaper as they don't have to heat the building!). Our local council is still catching up on the backlog caused by the combination of staff covering the general election, office shut downs over Christmas and staff taking extended leave around the Christmas break.
Manaboutown - The local elections were in May and in any event only related to councillors not officers. There was a planning committee hearing on 3 December 2019 so there should not be any baclog arising out of the general election.
Pomander, is that you?!
Manabouttown - In relation to your 11.02 post what backog are you referring to?
Adamadd - In relation to your 10.00 post Manabouttown is correctin his 10.12 post that we are talking about the development at Immingham. In realtion to the Protos application I anticipate that it would be considered at the next planning committee meeting. I have a note to check the council website on the 27/28 January to see if the Planning Officer's report is up and confirmation that it is going to the February meeting.
Just to add.. I had my concerns for some time, and after reading BmbleB and stokey12 posts this morning I fear the worst.
Doesn't look like planning will be passed this year, if ever.
shame!