Andrew Bridgen – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Bridgen on 2014-04-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many High Speed 2 consultation requests are EIA development as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011; and how many recommendations for refusal of the grant of planning permission are (a) EIA and (b) non-EIA development.

Mr Robert Goodwill

Safeguarding directions for the London to West Midlands section of HS2 were made in July 2013 and updated in October 2013. The number of High Speed 2 consultation requests which are EIA development as defined in the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 is 5.

The number of recommendations for refusal of the grant of planning permission are as follows:

(a) EIA – 3

(b) non-EIA development – 3