SZC – EXAMINING AUTHORITY (ExA) DEADLINES and TIMETABLE (updated 20 September 2021)
Tasks completed by MPC are highlighted in red
Event Date | Description |
10 March 2021 | Procedural Deadline A
For receipt by the ExA of: |
07 April 2021 | Procedural Deadline B
For receipt by the ExA of: |
14 April 2021 | Examination Begins |
21 April 2021 | Examination Timetable and Written Questions
Issue by the ExA of: |
06 May 2021 | Request for further information
Date reserved for issue by the ExA of: |
12 May 2021 |
Deadline 1 (D1) For receipt by the ExA of: – Comments on Relevant Representations (RRs) – Summaries of all RRs exceeding 1500 words – Comments on Applicant’s draft itinerary for ASI and suggested locations for site inspections (Accompanied or Unaccompanied), including justification, for consideration by the ExA – Notification of wish to attend ASI – Local Impact Reports (LIR) from any local authorities – If needed, draft section 106 Agreement(s) (s.106), s.106 Explanatory Memorandum and draft Confirmation and Compliance Document – Notification by Statutory Parties of their wish to be considered as an IP by the ExA – Notification of wish to speak at any Open Floor Hearing (OFH) (NOTE: notification of wish to speak at the OFHs w/c 17 May 2021 MUST be made on the appropriate form) – Notification of wish to make oral representations at an Issue Specific Hearing (ISH) – Notification from any Affected Person of wish to speak at a Compulsory Acquisition Hearing (CAH) – Notification of wish to have future correspondence received electronically – Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this Deadline |
18 May 2021 | Open Floor Hearing 1 (OFH1)
Open Floor Hearing 1 (OFH1) |
18 May 2021 | Open Floor Hearing 2 (OFH2)
Open Floor Hearing 2 (OFH2) |
18 May 2021 | Open Floor Hearing 3 (OFH 3)
Open Floor Hearing 3 (OFH 3) |
19 May 2021 | Open Floor Hearing 4 (OFH 4)
Open Floor Hearing 4 (OFH 4) |
19 May 2021 | Open Floor Hearing 5 (OFH 5)
Open Floor Hearing 5(OFH5) |
19 May 2021 | Open Floor Hearing 6 (OFH 6)
Open Floor Hearing 6(OFH6) |
20 May 2021 | Open Floor Hearing 7 (OFH 7)
Open Floor Hearing 7 (OFH 7) |
20 May 2021 | Open Floor Hearing 8 (OFH 8)
Open Floor Hearing 8 (OFH 8) |
21 May 2021 | Open Floor Hearing 9 (OFH 9)
Open Floor Hearing 9 (OFH 9) |
02 June 2021 | Deadline 2 (D2)
For receipt by the ExA of: |
24 June 2021 | Deadline 3 (D3).
For receipt by the ExA of: |
01 July 2021 | Deadline 4 (D4)
For receipt by the ExA of: |
06 July 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 1 (ISH1)
Issue Specific Hearing 1 (ISH1) |
07 July 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 2 (ISH2)
Issue Specific Hearing 2 (ISH2) |
08 July 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 3 (ISH3)
Issue Specific Hearing 3 (ISH3) |
09 July 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 4 (ISH4)
Issue Specific Hearing 4 (ISH4) |
13 July 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 5 (ISH5)
Issue Specific Hearing 5 (ISH5) |
14 July 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 6 (ISH6)
Issue Specific Hearing 6 (ISH6) |
15 July 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 7 (ISH7)
Issue Specific Hearing 7 (ISH7) |
16 July 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 7 Part 2 (ISH7 Part 2)
Issue Specific Hearing 7 Part 2 (ISH7 Part 2) |
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Deadline 5 (D5)
For receipt by the ExA of: |
03 August 2021 | Publication by the ExA of
Publication by the ExA of: |
06 August 2021 | Deadline 6 (D6)
For receipt by the ExA of: |
17 August 2021 | Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH 1) Part 1
Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH 1) Part 1 |
18 August 2021 | Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH 1) Part 2
Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1(CAH 1) Part 2 |
19 August 2021 | Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH1) Part 3
Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH1) Part 3 |
20 August 2021 | Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH1) Part 4
Compulsory Acquisition Hearing 1 (CAH1) Part 4 |
24 August 2021 | Open Floor Hearing 10 (OFH 10)
Open Floor Hearing 10 (OFH 10) |
25 August 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 8 (ISH 8)
Issue Specific Hearing 8 (ISH 8) -air quality, noise & vibration |
26 August 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 09 (ISH09)
Issue Specific Hearing 10 (ISH10) |
27 August 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 10 (ISH10)
Issue Specific Hearing 10 (ISH10) |
03 September 2021 | Deadline 7 (D7)
For receipt by the ExA of: |
09 September 2021 | Publication by the ExA
Publication by the ExA of: |
14 September 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 11 (ISH11)
ISH11 on flooding, water and coastal processes |
15 September 2021 | Publication by the ExA of: • Report on the Implications for European Sites(RIES) View the documents received relating to this deadline |
15 September 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 12 (ISH12)
ISH12 on community matters |
16 September 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 13 (ISH13)
ISH13 on landscape, visual impact, design and terrestrial heritage |
17 September 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 14 (ISH14)
ISH14 on the Development Consent Order, Deed of Obligation and allied documents |
20 September 2021 | Date reserved for issue by the ExA of: • Any request for further information under Rule 17 of the Examination Rules (if required) |
24 September 2021 | Deadline 8 (D8) For receipt by the ExA of: • Post Hearing submissions including written submissions of oral case (if required) • Responses to the ExA’s third Written Questions(ExQ3) (if required) • Responses to ExA’s commentary on, or proposed schedule of changes to, the draft DCO and s.106 documentation (if required) • If needed, comments on revised draft s.106, accompanying draft Explanatory Memorandum and draft Confirmation and Compliance Document • Updated Navigation Document • Comments on any revised/updated SoCG • Updated Book of Reference and Schedule of Changes to the Book of Reference (BoR) • Updated Statement of Reasons (SoR) Appendix B‘Status of Negotiations with Owners of the Order Land’ • Updated SoR Appendix C ‘Status of Negotiations with Statutory Undertakers’ • Updated NPS tracker • Comments on any additional information/submissions received by D7 • Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this deadline • Responses to Change Request 19 • Updated Mitigation Route Map incorporating the amendments shown in the Mitigation Route Map Third Addendum Revision 1 |
30 September 2021 | Deadline 9 (D9) For receipt by the ExA of: • Responses to any further information and notifications requested by the ExA for this Deadline |
05 October 2021 | Issue Specific Hearing 15 (ISH15) Issue Specific Hearing (ISH 15) relating to proposed desalination plant the subject of Change Request 19 |
12 October 2021 | Deadline 10 (D10) For receipt by the ExA of: • Comments on the RIES • Comments on responses to the ExA’s third Written Questions (ExQ3) (if required) • Final DCO to be submitted by the Applicant in the SI template with the SI template validation report • Final DCO Signposting Document • Final updated Book of Reference • Final SoCG • Final Statement of Commonality of SoCG • List of matters not agreed where SoCG could not be finalised • Final Navigation Document • Final Statement of Reasons (SoR) Appendix B ‘Status of Negotiations with Owners of the Order Land’ • Final SoR Appendix C ‘Status of Negotiations with Statutory Undertakers’ • Final NPS tracker • Final signed and dated s.106, final s.106 Explanatory Memorandum and final Confirmation and Compliance Document • Final ES signposting document • Final Mitigation Route Map • Comments on any additional information/submissions received by D8 and D9 • Responses to any further information requested by the ExA for this Deadline • Comments on responses to Change Request 19 received by D8 • Written summaries of oral submissions made at ISH15 |
14 October 2021 | The ExA is under a duty to complete the Examination of the application by the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day after the close of the Preliminary Meeting. |
14 October 2021 | Deadline for close of examination |