As I posted yesterday, The Vale has decided that an Environmental Statement is required from Doric as  part of their planning application. Doric have three weeks from the decision date, so until the 5th of March, to either agree to provide it,  or lodge an appeal with the secretary of state. If they do nothing, the planning application will be refused.

During these three weeks, consultation on the overall application proceeds. So keep studying it, and keep lodging your material objections.

The Environmental Statement could take weeks or months to produce — it rather depends on how much of that work Doric had already done. If they did much of the work last year, it may take only weeks to provide the formal statement. If not, well, it could be months. We should know more once Doric decide what they’re going to do.

If the environmental statement and its assessment reveal changes that must be made to the application, there will be amendments and a re-consultation.

Any questions? Contact me or leave a comment, and I’ll do my best to answer it.