The Secretary of State has granted development consent for this application.

For further information, please refer to the following decision documentation:

Secretary of State Decision Letter
Development Consent Order as made by the Secretary of State
Examining Authority’s report to the Secretary of State
Planning Inspectorate notification of decision letter

The Examining Authority has issued its recommendation to the Secretary of State. A decision will be published on or before 10 January 2014. Please note that the Examining Authority’s recommendation will also be made available at that point.

The examination has now closed. There will now be a period of 3 months for the Examining Authority to consider and make a recommendation to the Secretary of State. See letter sent to interested parties.

The applicant’s response to comments on the ‘preferred draft development consent order’ was received for the deadline of 8 July 2013.

Following the recent deadline on Wednesday 3 July 2013 the following documents have been published:
-National Grid’s comments on responses to the ExA’s fourth round of written questions and comments from interested parties on the applicant’s preferred draft DCO
-National Grid’s: Letter to the Planning Inspectorate on 3 July 2013; Final Schedule of Plans; Summary of Post-Application Changes to the DCO; Summary of Protective Provisions; Summary of Landowner Agreements

The following documents have been published:
- Applicant’s Preferred Draft DCO and Explanatory Memorandum and comparison (for deadline of 25 June)
- Revised documents submitted by the Applicant, including the Code of Construction Practice, Additional requirement, Revised Land Plan, and Construction Traffic Management Plan (for deadline of 25 June)

Responses to the Examining Authority’s Fourth Written Questions have been published (deadline of 21 June 2013)

A letter has been issued from the Examining Authority about a minor variation made to the examination timetable, giving interested parties an opportunity to comment on a late response from English Heritage.

Comments on the further revised draft development consent order and all comments on responses to the Examining Authority’s third round of written questions have been published.

The Examining Authority has issued a letter that includes:
- Fourth round of Examining Authority questions
- Variation to the remainder of the examination timetable
- A note of unaccompanied site visits undertaken during June 2013

The Examining Authority has received written confirmation that Network Rail has agreed terms with the Applicant; and the Applicant has decided to withdraw its Section 127 Certificate application. The relevant correspondence may be found on the project documents page within the tab marked ‘Section 127 Application’.

The Examining Authority has issued a letter that includes:
- Variation to the remainder of the examination timetable
- Notification of the dates, times and places of hearings
- A note of unaccompanied site visits undertaken during April 2013
- Third round of Examining Authority questions

The Examining Authority has published a Report on the Implications for European Sites and a letter to interested parties.

Interested Parties are invited to submit any comments they may have on this document by Tuesday 28 May 2013.

An agenda for the hearings taking place on 10, 12 & 23 April has been published.

A Rule 13 notification of hearings, including the Examining authority’s Second Written Questions has been issued to interested parties.

A letter has been issued providing further details of the accompanied site visit to attending interested parties.

The Examining Authority has sent a letter regarding information about accompanied site visit.