Section 47 of the Planning Act 2008

Section 47 of the Planning Act 2008

The York Potash Harbour Facilities Order 201X

NOTICE PUBLICISING A STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY CONSULTATION

Notice is hereby given that York Potash Limited of 3rd Floor, Greener House, 66-68 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4RF (“the Applicant”) proposes to apply to the Planning Inspectorate under section 37 of The Planning Act 2008 for a development consent order (”DCO”) to authorise the construction and operation of Harbour Facilities at Bran Sands, Teesside for the export of polyhalite bulk fertilizer which will be linked by conveyor to a materials handling facility located within the Wilton International Complex (“the Application”). The Application relates to land at Bran Sands, Teesside and land at Wilton International Complex and is part of a wider project being promoted by the Applicant (“the Project”). The Project comprises the development of a new polyhalite mine south of Whitby; transportation of the polyhalite from the mine to Teesside via a proposed 36.5km underground Mineral Transport System (“MTS”); and the transferral of the polyhalite via a Materials Handling Facility (“MHF”) to the Harbour Facilities. As part of the process of preparing to make the Application, the Applicant has a duty to consult the local community pursuant to section 47 of The Planning Act 2008. The Applicant has produced a Statement of Community Consultation (‘SOCC’) for this purpose. The SOCC sets out details of how the Applicant proposes to consult people living in the vicinity of the land subject to the DCO application. The purpose of this notice is to inform interested persons and members of the local community that the SOCC can be inspected free of charge from 11 September 2014 to 16 October 2014 at the following locations and during the hours set out below:- Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council offices, Kirkleatham Street, Redcar, TS10 1RT Mon – Fri 09:00 to 17:00; York Potash Limited, 7 – 10 Manor Court, Manor Garth, Scarborough, YO11 3TU Mon – Fri 09:00 to 17:00; Redcar Library, Kirkleatham St, Redcar, Cleveland TS10 1RT Mondays to Wednesdays and Fridays 09:00 to 18:00, Thursdays 09:00 to 17:00 and Saturdays 09:30 to 12:30; and Tuned In, Majuba Road, Redcar, TS10 5BJ Mondays to Fridays 08:30 to 20:00, Saturdays 08:30 to 18:00 and Sundays 08:30 to 16:00. A copy of the SOCC is also available to view on the Applicant’s website at www.yorkpotash.co.uk. The website also provides further details in relation to the Application and the wider York Potash Project.