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* 1. In what sector(s) do you principally operate?

POLICY CONTEXT

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* 2. Is the time taken to finalise National Policy Statements (NPSs) affecting whether or when you make an application?

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* 3. If there is an NPS / draft NPS for your project, is it sufficiently clear for your purposes?

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* 4. Do you feel that the need argument expressed in the NPS is expressed correctly?

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* 5. Are there policies outside the NPS that affect your decision to make an application (e.g. for energy: carbon floor price, feed in tariff levels)?

MARKET CONDITIONS

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* 6. How important is the planning process in comparison with other supply factors
(e.g. funding and financing) in deciding whether to make an application?

EFFECTIVENESS of the PLANNING ACT 2008

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* 7. Do you agree with the threshold for the Planning Act regime for your area?

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* 8. Does the process under the Planning Act give sufficient certainty of outcome before making an application?

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* 9. Is the length of approximately 15 months from application to decision about right?

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* 10. Are you applying for other consents that cannot be included in a Development Consent Order application?

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* 11. Have you made use of the power in s.150 to request the inclusion in your Development Consent Order of a provision disapplying the need for other consents from other bodies?

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* 12. Is the cost of making an application reasonable?

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* 13. Do you think that developers should meet the full cost of the authorisation process, including pre-application advice?

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* 14. Are you receiving adequate pre-application support from statutory bodies?
If not, which bodies are causing difficulty?

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* 15. Do you believe that the IPC would have made a decision on your application that properly balanced benefits and adverse impacts?

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* 16. Do you believe that the Secretary of State will make a decision on your application that properly balances benefits and adverse impacts?

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* 17. Is the forthcoming transition from the IPC to the Planning Inspectorate and decisions by Ministers affecting whether or when you make applications?

ADEQUACY OF ADVICE AND GUIDANCE

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* 18. Is the generic advice and guidance available from CLG and the IPC adequate?

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* 19. Are you satisfied with the way that the IPC answers specific queries?

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* 20. Are you confident that your legal advisers, planning and other consultants are sufficiently knowledgeable about the process?

PRE-APPLICATION PROCEDURES

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* 21. Is the pre-application consultation process clear?

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* 22. Is the cost of the pre-application consultation process reasonable?

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* 23. Does the pre-application consultation process take an appropriate length of time?

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* 24. Does your project engage the Habitats Regulations?
If so, has this presented challenges and are there any measures you consider could alleviate this?

IMPLICATIONS OF POLICY OF ‘OPENNESS’

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* 25. Does the IPC’s policy of openness have an effect on the timing of your application?

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* 26. Does the IPC’s policy of openness have an effect on your commercial interests?

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* 27. Has the advice and documentation published in the IPC’s website relating to other applications been useful to you?

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* 28. Has the IPC’s ‘outreach programme’ affected you/your project?

IMPLICATIONS OF ABILITY TO CHANGE APPLICATIONS ONCE MADE

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* 29. Are you satisfied that the scope to change an application once it has been made is sufficiently wide?

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* 30. How should changes be handled?

EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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* 31. If you are a promoter, would you be willing to fund a community engagement service provided by such organisations as Planning Aid England to provide communities with the necessary technical and professional information, advice and guidance needed to ensure that they are able to understand and participate in the pre-application and examination processes in an effective way, and ensuring ‘equality of arms’?

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* 32. Have you considered entering into a Planning Performance Agreement with one or more local authorities or have you been asked to enter into one?

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* 33. Did you enter into one or more?

COMPARISON WITH INVESTMENT/PLANNING OPTIONS ELSEWHERE

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* 34. Are you familiar with the planning and authorisation process in any other European countries?

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* 35. Are you familiar with the planning and authorisation process in any non-European countries?

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