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Public Inquiry Archive

Date Document Comments
14-01-09 Starts the inquiry process - gives notification of call-in and gives date of 'relevant notice' and 'start date' as well as main matters for consideration.
26-01-09 Letter from Planning Inspectorate to GONW letter writers Invites recipients to make representations to Planning Inspector
29-01-09 Letter From Council to Objectors Notification of callin and public inquiry - states incorrectly that the deadline for letters to Planning Inspectorate is 26th February and also that the 'start date' is 15 Jan contradicting the GONW date of 14 Jan.
02-02-09 IOC Advice on writing to Planning Inspectorate  
13-02-09 Rule 6 Letter from Planning Inspectorate This letter granting Rule 6 status was received on 18th of Feb giving us just over three weeks to send in our Statement of Case to the Planning Inspectorate.
18-03-09 Statements of Case Copies of the statements of case from the other main inquiry participants.
02-04-09 Sample Copy of Public Inquiry Date Notification from Planning Inspectorate to Individual Objectors This is a copy of a letter that should have been sent to all individual objectors who wrote to the Planning Inspectorate.
02-04-09 Pre-Inquiry Meeting and Public Inquiry Dates Notification from Planning Inspectorate This was sent to IOC by the Planning Inspectorate
07-04-09 Pre-Inquiry Meeting Notification from Lancaster Council to IOC This was sent to IOC by Lancaster City Council.
24-04-09 Pre-Inquiry Meeting Inspectors Notes In the absence of a transcript, this is the only record of the pre-inquiry meeting, and was received from the Planning Inspectorate.
20-05-09 Proofs of Evidence It's Our City's Proofs of Evidence on Air Quality, Consultation, Retail, Tourism and Transport and Traffic
22-07-09 IOC Rebuttals It's Our City's Rebuttals of the Evidence given by council officers.
22-07-09 IOC Opening Statement It's Our City's Opening Statement
22-07-09 IOC Evidence Updates These updates were prepared when Lancaster Council withdrew from the inquiry, and because IOC was denied the chance to cross examine the council witnesses on their evidence.
22-07-09 IOC Closing Statement It's Our City's final closing statement.
29-10-09 Inspectors Report Inspector Gray's report giving his conclusions on the Centros outline planning application
21-12-09 Secretary of State Decision The Secretary of State's decision on the Centros proposals based on Inspector Gray's report