Advice Note 5 Annexes to advice note 5. Version 3, April 2015

Publication Year

2015

Document Status

Withdrawn

Abstract

Comprises annexes to advice note 5, which sets out advice on how a person (‘the applicant’) who proposes to make or who has made a Development Consent Order (‘DCO’) application under the Planning Act 2008, as amended (‘the 2008 Act’) may apply for authorisation from the Secretary of State for a right to enter land owned by third parties, in order to carry out surveys and take levels and/or in order to facilitate compliance with statutory provisions implementing the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive or Habitats Directive, under s.53 of the Planning Act 2008, as amended. This may include the power to search and bore to ascertain the nature of the subsoil or the presence of minerals or other matter in it and/or to take and process samples. Includes Annex A: Suggested format for the table; and Annex B: Section 53 - check list.

Document History

Superseded by: Nationally significant infrastructure projects: advice on the process for rights of entry to land (under section 53 of the Planning Act 2008) (PINS, 2024). Supersedes: version 2, October 2013.

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