Written statement on Transport update: construction of new carriageway for A303
Thursday, 16 July 2020 13:41
Andrew Stephenson MP: I have been asked by my Right Honourable
Friend, the Secretary of State, to make this Written Ministerial
Statement. This statement concerns the application made under the
Planning Act 2008 for the proposed construction by Highways England
of a new two-lane dual carriageway for the A303 between Amesbury
and Berwick Down in Wiltshire (also known as the ‘A303 Stonehenge’
application. Under sub-section 107(1) of the Planning Act 2008,
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: I have been asked by my Right Honourable Friend,
the Secretary of State, to make this Written Ministerial Statement.
This statement concerns the application made under the Planning Act 2008 for the
proposed construction by Highways England of a new two-lane dual
carriageway for the A303 between Amesbury and Berwick Down in
Wiltshire (also known as the ‘A303 Stonehenge’ application.
Under sub-section 107(1) of the Planning Act 2008, the
Secretary of State must make his decision within 3 months
of receipt of the Examining Authority’s report unless
exercising the power under sub-section 107(3) to extend the
deadline and make a Statement to the House of Parliament
announcing the new deadline. The Secretary of State
received the Examining Authority’s report on the A303
Amesbury to Berwick Down Development Consent Order
application on 2 January 2020 and the deadline for a
decision was previously extended from 2 April 2020 to 17
July 2020 to allow for further work to be carried out.
Following notification of a recent archaeological find
within the World Heritage Site, the deadline for the
decision is to be further extended to 13 November 2020 (an
extension of 4 months) to enable further consultation on
and consideration of this matter before determination of
the application by the Secretary of State.
The decision to set a new deadline is without prejudice to
the decision on whether to give development consent.
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