Public Notice
The Town and Country Planning Act 1990
The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015
Notice Under Article 13(4) or (5) of Application for Planning Permission
Proposed development at Flowers Brook, Steephill Road, Ventnor, Isle Of Wight P038 1UF
Mr Mark Francis (Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre Limited) has applied to the Isle of Wight Council on 12 August for planning permission for Full planning permission for the onshore elements of the Perpetuus Tidal Energy Centre (PTEC) to include construction of a substation / control room (including outdoor transformer compound and welfare facilities); alterations to access, parking and turning arrangements; installation of cabling to connect marine electricity export cables to substation (to include trenching and construction of transition pits and/or Horizontal Direction Drilling, and temporary removal and reinstatement of coastal protection); and enabling works, including possible reinforcement or alteration of access roads within the onshore area, creation of temporary laydown/construction areas, construction of temporary site security fencing/provisions, possible tree and scrub clearance, site levelling/landscaping (revised description).
Further information has been received relating to the Environmental Statement, including a Transformer Noise Appraisal, updated Arboricultural (tree) Impact Assessment Report, and drawing PL33 - visualisation of the proposed substation and outdoor transformer compound from within the existing Southern Water pumping station site, (readvertised application)
Environment Statement and Major Development and Adjacent to a Conservation Area
Members of the public can inspect all application documents online using the link which can be found via the Council's website. Paper copies of the environmental statement can be purchased at a cost of £300 (inc VAT) or on DVD at a cost of £10 (inc VAT). The non-technical summary can be obtained free of charge. All documents/DVDs are available from FREEPOST PTEC or contact@ptec-consultation.co.uk
This application will be processed and determined in accordance with the Council's procedures for determining planning applications set out in the Council's Constitution.
Any person wishing to make representations regarding this application, should do so either in writing to the below address Planning Services, Seaclose Offices, Fairlee Road, Newport, Isle of Wight PO30 2QS or via the comments section available within the application (see reference below) on the Council's website: (www.iow.gov.uk/Residents/Environment-Planning-and-Waste/Planning/ ).
All comments received on planning applications will be made available for public inspection on both the electronic application file and the website.
All comments should be made by: 22/11/2021
Quoting Reference: 21/01623/FUL
If your comments are not received by this date a decision may already have been taken.
All comments submitted in respect of this application must relate to land use considerations, traffic and environmental matters only and will be made available for other parties to see under the Access to Information Act 1985.
0 Boulter
Strategic Manager Planning and Infrastructure Delivery