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 and statement of reasons
- The Planning Inspectorate’s letter of 12 September 2014 – Notification of the Secretary of State’s decision
- Development Consent Order as made by the Secretary of State
- Examining Authority’s recommendation report
- Post examination correspondence

The Examining Authority issued its recommendation to the Secretary of State on 12 June 2014. A decision will be published within 3 months. 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. Please see the letter to interested parties.

The following documents have been published:

A completed section 106 agreement between RWE Innogy UK Limited, the Welsh Ministers, Denbighshire County Council and Conwy County Borough Council

Additional submissions

The following documents have been published:

- Comments on the Examining Authority’s draft Development Consent Order (DCO)
- An additional submission

Please note the Examining Authority’s draft Development Consent Order (DCO) has been re-published. This is because the paragraph added by the Examining Authority at Part 3 Requirement 15(2)(h) (Habitat management plan) on page 33, did not appear as a tracked change. The content of the document has not changed.

The following documents have now been published:

- Comments on the applicant’s corrected final draft DCO dated 19 February 2014
- Responses to the Examining Authority’s rule 17 and rule 8(3) letter dated 21 February 2014
- Responses to the Examining Authority’s rule 17 and rule 8(3) letter dated 19 February 2014
- The Examining Authority’s rule 17 letter dated 28 February 2014
- The Examining Authority’s draft Development Consent Order (DCO)
- An additional submission

The following documents have been published:

- Comments on applicant’s final draft DCO and requirements
- Responses to written summaries of cases put orally at hearings in January 2014

Please note that the Examining Authority has issued a Rule 17 request for further information letter to the applicant and MEAG Munich.

The following documents have been published:

The Examining Authority’s Rule 8(3) and Rule 17 letter dated 20 February 2014, following corrections made by the applicant to their final draft Development Consent Order dated 19 February 2014.

In addition, the applicant’s final draft Development Consent Order (corrected version) dated 19 February 2014, has been accepted by the ExA and published.

The following documents have been published:
- The Examining Authority’s Rule 8(3) and Rule 17 letter dated 19 February 2014
- Annex to RWE’s Written summary of case put orally at the Issue Specific Hearing on Mitigation and Requirements held on 29 January 2014, as was presented at the beginning of that hearing, has been accepted by the ExA and published. This now supersedes the version previously published.

The following documents have now been published:
- Applicant’s final draft DCO and requirements
- Written summaries of cases put orally at hearings in January 2014
- Responses to all late and additional submissions
- Letter from MEAG confirming legal agreement with RWE

Please note that following a discrepancy the correct version of the Denbighshire County Council and Conwy County Borough Council’s joint written summary of case put orally at the Issue Specific Hearing on the Environment has now been published.

In addition, further annexes to Denbighshire County Council and Conwy County Borough Council’s joint written summary of case put orally at the Issue Specific Hearings on Mitigation and Requirements and DCO have been accepted by the ExA and published. This now supersedes the version previously published.

The following documents have been published:
- The Examining Authority’s Rule 8(3) and Rule 17 letter dated 7 February 2014
- Audio recordings of the January 2014 hearings
- Late and additional submissions

The Examining Authority issued a Rule 8(3) and Rule 17 notification letter.

Agendas for the Issue Specific Hearings to be held 29 January have now been published:

- Issue Specific Hearing on Mitigation and Requirements (AM)

- Second Issue Specific Hearing on the Development Consent Order (PM)

Updated agendas for the Issue Specific Hearing on the Environment and Policy have been published.

The following documents have been published:

- Comments on responses to the ExA’s second round of questions
- Comments on the RIES
- Comments on late submissions
- Additional submissions
- Further reference documentation from the Applicant

The following submissions have been published:
- Responses to the ExA’s second round of questions
- Comments on the proposed amendments to the draft DCO and the applicant’s response to late submissions
- A revised draft Development Consent Order
- Additional submissions
- Agendas for the issue specific hearings on policy and the environment
- Rule 8, 8(3) and 13 Notification of Hearings, Variation to timetable and Issue of RIES letter has been published

The Examining Authority’s Report on the Implications for European Sites (RIES) has now been published.

The following have been published:
- The confirmed itinerary for the accompanied site inspection scheduled for 28 November 2013
- Responses to the ExA’s rule 17 letter for the deadline of 22 November 2013

The following responses for the deadline of 14 November have been published:

- Statement of Common Ground on DCO Requirements
- Comments on WRs and responses to comments on RRs[/ipc_link]
- Comments on the LIRs[/ipc_link]
- Comments on response to ExA’s first written questions
- Comments on Statements of Common Ground[/ipc_link]
- Written summaries of cases put orally at DCO hearing
- The correction of errata or typographical errors within the DCO and Explanatory Memorandum (EM), and any proposed amendments to the draft DCO
- Submission by the Applicant of assessment of impact on tranquillity

The applicant’s response to the ExA’s rule 17 letter dated 11 November 2013 has been published

The Examining Authority has issued a letter under rule 8(3) – amendment to the Examination timetable, rule 16 – notification for a Accompanied Site Visit and rule 17 – request for further information.

The deadline for interested parties to request to speak at an Open Floor Hearing or other Issue Specific hearing has been extended until 2 December 2013.

An agenda for the Issue Specific Hearing on 7 November 2013 has been published

The following have been published:
- Written Representations
- Responses to the ExA’s first written questions
- Statements of Common Ground
- Local Impact Reports
- Schedule of mitigation works with associated DCO Requirement
- Erratum to the Environmental Statement
- Updated Book of Reference
- Health Report

Itinerary for the Examining Authority’s Accompanied Site Visits on 30 and 31 October and 1 November 2013 now available

The Examining Authority has issued a notification of a variation to the examination timetable and notification of an Issue Specific Hearing on the Development Consent Order