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Update on Statutory Deadline for Planning Decision

My Right Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has today made the following statement:

This Statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by Alternative Use Boston Projects Limited for the construction and operation of an energy from waste facility at Boston in Lincolnshire.

Under section 107(1) of the Planning Act 2008, the Secretary of State must make a decision on an application within three months of the receipt of the Examining Authority’s report unless exercising the power under section 107(3) of the Act to set a new deadline. Where a new deadline is set, the Secretary of State must make a Statement to Parliament to announce it. The current statutory deadline for the decision on the Boston Alternative Energy Facility application was 7 October 2022.

I have decided to set a new deadline of no later than 10 January 2023 for deciding this application. This is to ensure there is sufficient time to allow for further consultation on the proposal.

The decision to set the new deadline for this application is without prejudice to the decision on whether to grant or refuse development consent.