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Sunnica Energy Farm Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP): West Suffolk Council's Relevant Representation Submission

17/03/2022 - Sunnica Energy Farm Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project: Draft Relevant Representation

Resolved:

 

That:

1.           The draft Relevant Representation, attached as Appendix A to Report number: CAB/WS/22/012, be endorsed and submitted to the Planning Inspectorate under s56 of the Planning Act 2008.

 

2.           The Director (Planning and Growth), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning, be authorised to make amendments to the draft Relevant Representation, prior to its submission to the Planning Inspectorate.

 

3.           Delegated authority be granted to the Director (Planning and Growth), in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Planning, to fully engage with the Pre-examination and Examination stages of the Development Consent Order process in relation to the Sunnica proposals, in order to pursue the concerns identified in the Relevant Representation.

 

(Due to ensuring the representation was submitted by the required deadline of 17 March 2022, with the agreement of the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny (O&S) Committee, the call-in procedure for this item had been suspended. The Chair of the O&S Committee was satisfied that the decision proposed was reasonable in all the circumstances and to it being treated as a matter of urgency).