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Please note that only details of public inquiries held under the above Rules are published on this site. These Rules place requirements on the Secretary of State to publish certain details about inquiries held under them on a website and all such notices will be published on this webpage.
The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has called a joint public inquiry to be held into the application for his consent to construct and operate a wind turbine generating station at land near Kirkwhelpington, Northumberland and into the application for his consent to construct and operate a wind turbine generating station at Ray Estate, Northumberland. He has also decided that a pre-inquiry meeting should be held.
The inquiry will also consider the proposed wind turbine generating station at land at Green Rigg Fell, Birtley to be known as Green Rigg wind farm. The appeal on that application (for planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) will be determined by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. The Green Rigg appeal falls under the Town and Country Planning (Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2000. At the pre-inquiry meeting and also at the inquiry, the inspector may consider and resolve any issues arising from the applicability of two sets of inquiry rules
The pre-inquiry meeting was held at Tynedale Functions and Conferencing, Tyne Green, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3SG on Monday 17 September 2007.
The Public Inquiry is scheduled to commence at the Britannia Hotel Newcastle Airport, Ponteland, Woolsington, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE13 8DJ at 10 am on Tuesday 15 January 2008.
The relevant notice below contains the statement of matters which, in the view of the Secretary of State, are the matters to be considered at the inquiry. Please note that reference(s) in attachment(s) to DTI should now be taken as referring to BERR. Hard copies of the relevant notice are available on request.
The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform called a public inquiry to be held under the Electricity Generating Stations and Overhead Lines (Inquiries Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2007 into the above application by NPower Renewables Limited.
Following that Inquiry, the Secretary of State granted consent to the Middlemoor wind farm on 7 August 2008.
The decision letter, consent and Inspector’s report are below:
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has called a public inquiry to be held into the application for his consent to install and keep installed a new section of 275kv electrical line above ground east of Bramham substation in the district of Leeds and Selby.
The Public Inquiry is scheduled to commence at 10.00am on Tuesday 28 April 2009. It will be held at the Ramada Hotel, Leeds Road, Wetherby LS22 5HE.
The text of the relevant notice set out below contains the statement of matters which, in the view of the Secretary of State, are the matters to be considered at the inquiry:
“DECC Ref: 01.08.10.05/410C
The Secretary
National Grid
1100 Century Way
Thorpe Park
Leeds
LS15 8TU
17 December 2008
Dear Sir
ELECTRICITY ACT 1989 (SECTION 37 AND SCHEDULE 8)
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (SECTION 90)
APPLICATION BY NATIONAL GRID FOR CONSENT TO INSTALL AND KEEP INSTALLED A NEW SECTION OF 275KV ELECTRICAL LINE ABOVE GROUND EAST OF BRAMHAM SUBSTATION IN THE DISTRICT OF LEEDS AND SELBY
I refer to the above application.
This letter comprises the relevant notice under Rule 4(1) of the Electricity Generating Stations and Overhead Lines (Inquiries Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2007 that a public inquiry will be held onto the above application and that there will be a pre-inquiry meeting, the date of which will be notified to the parties in due course.
The Secretary of State has appointed a Planning Inspector from the Planning Inspectorate and Engineering Inspector from the Department acting in an independent capacity to conduct the inquiry and jointly report to him on the application.
Notice is hereby given in accordance with Rule 4(1) of the Electricity Generating Stations and Overhead Lines (Inquiries Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2007 that the following matters are, in the Secretary of State’s view, the matters to be considered at the inquiry:
1. The extent to which the National Grid’s proposal including the works necessary for the proposed upgrading for the reinforcement of the PHG line (“the proposed development”) and the alternatives proposed by the affected landowner (“the alternatives”) would be in accordance with the relevant development plan(s) for the area.
2. The relative merits of the proposed development and the alternatives in addressing the requirement to reinforce the Ferrybridge ring and to ensure security of supply.
3. The relative merits of the proposed development and the alternatives in terms of:
a. their impact on the Green Belt;
b. their landscape and visual impact; and
c. their ecological impact (in particular on great crested newts) having regard to the requirements of the Habitats Regulations (SI 1994/2716).
4. Any other matters that the Inspectors consider relevant
It should be noted that whilst the above matters appear to the Secretary of State, from the evidence so far available to him, to be the principal ones that need to be addressed, this statement does not preclude the inquiry Inspectors from hearing evidence on any other matters that they may consider to be relevant to consideration of the application. Neither does this statement pre-determine the order in which issues are to be addressed at the inquiry or imply any particular order of importance.
Notice is also given that the Secretary of State, using the power in Section 61 of the Electricity Act 1989, has decided that the hearing into the related applications under paragraphs 6 to Schedule 4 to the Electricity Act 1989 for necessary wayleaves over land at Toulston, Tadcaster, Yorkshire should be held concurrently with the public inquiry into the section 37 application, and considered by the same Inspectors, who will then report on the wayleave application as well.
Yours faithfully
RICHARD MELLISH
Director – Development Consents
and Planning Reform
Anyone who wishes to participate in the inquiry should complete the registration form below and return it along with two copies of their outline statement (a written statement of the principal submissions they wish to make).
The Electricity Generating Stations and Overhead Lines (Inquiries Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2007 can be found on the Office for Public Sector Information website at item No.841.
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