Department For Transport
I have been asked by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State to make this writtenministerial statement. This statement confirms that it has been necessary to extend the deadlinefor the decision for the A1 Northumberland Morpeth to Ellingham Development Consent Orderunder the Planning Act 2008.
Under section 107(1) of the Planning Act 2008, the Secretary of State must make his decisionwithin 3 months of receipt of the examining authoritys report unless exercising the power undersection 107(3) to extend the deadline and make a statement to the House of Parliamentannouncing the new deadline.
The Secretary of State received the examining authoritys report on the A1 Northumberland Morpeth to Ellingham Development Consent Order application on 5 October 2021. The currentdeadline for a decision is 5 December 2022, having been extended from 5 January 2022 to 5June 2022 by way of written ministerial statement of 15 December 2021 and then to 5 December2022 by written ministerial statement of 6 June 2022.
The deadline for the decision is to be further extended to 5 September 2023 (an extension of 9months). The reason remains as that set out in the written ministerial statement of 6 June 2022.
The decision to set a new deadline is without prejudice to the decision on whether to givedevelopment consent for the above application.