Land acquisition

The Secretary of State has appointed Lesley Coffey BA(Hons) BTP MRTPI to conduct the Public Inquiry. The Programme Officer responsible for assisting the Inspector with all aspects of the Inquiry is Robert Young, who is independent of the council and works directly to the Inspector.

Any correspondence or queries relating to the Inquiry process should be directed to the Programme Officer:

Email: robert.young@leics.gov.uk
Telephone: 07596 889557

The Inquiry was held as a virtual event, run by an Inspector in the normal way but with the parties invited to join via Microsoft Teams or telephone.

The Inquiry began at 10am on Tuesday 21 September 2021.

Documents produced during and after the Inquiry at the request of the Inspector will be available here in due course.

Pre-Inquiry meeting

A Pre-Inquiry meeting was held as a virtual event beginning at 11am on Tuesday 6 July 2021 where the Inspector provided the timetable for the proceedings, details of which can be found below in ID3 - Inspector's post-PIM note.

ID6B – NEMMDR Inquiry Inspector's draft timetable 24 September 2021    PDF,  89 kbOpens new window