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Appendix 7.4 Example notice issued to Statutory Consultees (s42a) and recipients

Recipients Organisation Consultee Type Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board s42 Statutory Consultee ARQIVA NO 3 Ltd s42 Statutory Consultee Associated British Ports s42 Statutory Consultee Operations Ltd s42 Statutory Consultee BP Retail s42 Statutory Consultee BRB Residuary Limited s42 Statutory Consultee Bristol Port Company s42 Statutory Consultee British Gas Pipelines Ltd s42 Statutory Consultee British Telecom s42 Statutory Consultee Council s42 Statutory Consultee Cable & Wireless Ltd s42 Statutory Consultee Cadw s42 Statutory Consultee City and County of s42 Statutory Consultee Clean Coal (UCG) Limited s42 Statutory Consultee Community Council s42 Statutory Consultee Company of Proprietors of the Canal Navigation s42 Statutory Consultee DCWW (Dwr Cymru Welsh Water) s42 Statutory Consultee Design Commission for s42 Statutory Consultee Dyffryn Community Council s42 Statutory Consultee ES Pipelines Ltd / ESP Pipelines Ltd / ESP Connections Ltd / s42 Statutory Consultee ESP Networks Ltd/ ESP Electricity Ltd Fulcrum Pipelines Ltd s42 Statutory Consultee Gower AONB s42 Statutory Consultee Health and Safety Executive s42 Statutory Consultee Instalcom Ltd s42 Statutory Consultee Interoute s42 Statutory Consultee Joint Nature Conservation Committee s42 Statutory Consultee LNG Portable Pipeline Services Limited s42 Statutory Consultee Marine Scotland s42 Statutory Consultee MCA (Maritime and Coastguard Agency) s42 Statutory Consultee Mid and West Wales Fire & Rescue Service s42 Statutory Consultee National Grid Electricity Transmission plc s42 Statutory Consultee National Grid Gas plc s42 Statutory Consultee National Grid Gas plc (RDN) s42 Statutory Consultee Neath Harbour Commissioners s42 Statutory Consultee Neath Council s42 Statutory Consultee Neath Town Council s42 Statutory Consultee Network Rail (CTRL Ltd) s42 Statutory Consultee Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd s42 Statutory Consultee NRW (Natural Resources Wales) s42 Statutory Consultee Office of Commissioner for Sustainable Futures s42 Statutory Consultee OFGEM s42 Statutory Consultee OFWAT s42 Statutory Consultee ORA5 Civil Aviation Authority s42 Statutory Consultee Passenger Focus s42 Statutory Consultee Community Council s42 Statutory Consultee Powys County Council s42 Statutory Consultee Public Health England s42 Statutory Consultee Public Health Wales Mid and West Wales Region s42 Statutory Consultee RCAHMW (Royal Commission on Ancient & Historic s42 Statutory Consultee Monuments of Wales) Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council s42 Statutory Consultee RNLI ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) s42 Statutory Consultee Royal Mail Group s42 Statutory Consultee and Crime Commissioner s42 Statutory Consultee South West Wales Integrated Transport Consortium s42 Statutory Consultee (SWWITCH) SP Distribution Limited s42 Statutory Consultee SSE Pipelines Ltd s42 Statutory Consultee SSE Utility Solutions s42 Statutory Consultee St Modwen s42 Statutory Consultee Sustrans Cymru s42 Statutory Consultee Swansea University s42 Statutory Consultee Telefonica O2 UK Ltd s42 Statutory Consultee The Canal and River Trust s42 Statutory Consultee The s42 Statutory Consultee The Crown Estate s42 Statutory Consultee The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee s42 Statutory Consultee The Equality and Human Rights Commission s42 Statutory Consultee The Marine Management Organisation s42 Statutory Consultee The Ministry of Defence s42 Statutory Consultee The Office of Rail Regulation s42 Statutory Consultee The South Wales Local Resilience Forum s42 Statutory Consultee The Welsh Language Commisioner s42 Statutory Consultee Trinity House Lighthouse Services (THLS) s42 Statutory Consultee Verizon Business s42 Statutory Consultee Virgin Media Ltd s42 Statutory Consultee Vtesse Networks LLtd s42 Statutory Consultee Wales and West Utilities s42 Statutory Consultee Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust s42 Statutory Consultee Welsh Government s42 Statutory Consultee Welsh Government s42 Statutory Consultee Western Power Distribution (South Wales) plc s42 Statutory Consultee

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Sections 42 and 48 Planning Act 2008

Regulation 3 Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009

Regulation 11 Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009

NOTICE OF A PROPOSED APPLICATION FOR A DEVELOPMENT CONSENT ORDER

TO:

Notice is hereby given to you that Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Limited (the "Applicant") of The Lyppiatts, 15 Lansdown Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 2JA proposes to apply to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change under section 37 of the Planning Act 2008 for a development consent order (the "Application").

The Applicant has commenced pre-application consultation under section 42 of the Planning Act 2008. You are being served with this notice and the preliminary environmental information enclosed with this notice because you are a prescribed consultee within Section 42 of the Planning Act 2008 and Regulation 3 Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009, and in accordance with Regulation 11 Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009.

The proposed Application relates to the construction and operation of a tidal powered generating station on the seabed south of and connecting to Swansea Docks between the dredged channels of the Rivers Tawe and Neath (the "Project"). The Project is a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project under section 14 of the Planning Act 2008.

The proposed development consent order will authorise:

 construction and operation of hydro turbines and their housing with a nominal generating capacity of 240MW;

 construction and dredging for a lagoon including around 9.5km of new sea wall and related facilities impounding around 11.5km2 of seabed/foreshore;

 electricity transmission infrastructure required for the export of electrical power via Baglan Substation in the County Borough of including cables laid offshore and onshore, electricity step-up facilities and other electricity transmission facilities;

 the compulsory acquisition of land including rights in or over land required for the purposes of the Project, or to facilitate or incidental to the Project; and

 development including plant, equipment and buildings comprised in the Project including:

 construction sites, lay-down areas, working areas and temporary works and structures;

 site access, internal site roads, vehicle parking;

 landscaping;

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 tourism, recreation, sporting and visitor amenities and facilities comprised in the Project;

 navigational lighting and safety warning systems;

 operation and control facilities;

 foul drainage provision and surface water management systems;

 permanent and/or temporary changes to the highway network for the Project and other access facilities;

 the application and/or disapplication of legislation relevant to the Project including inter alia legislation relating to the compulsory acquisition of land; and

 such ancillary, incidental and consequential provisions, permits or consents as are necessary and/or convenient.

The Project is an environmental impact assessment development. Accordingly, the Applicant has made preliminary environmental information available in the form of the enclosed Preliminary Environmental Information Report, and a Non-Technical Summary.

A copy of the Preliminary Environmental Information Report may also be inspected free of charge at Suite 6, J-Shed, King’s Road, Swansea SA1 8PL, between the hours 1030 and 1700 Monday to Friday, and at the following locations and times:

City and County of Swansea Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea SA1 3SN. Opening hours: Mon-Fri 0830-1730 (1700 on Fridays); Saturday 1000-1500.

Neath One Stop Shop, Civic Centre, Neath SA11 3QZ. Opening hours: Mon-Fri 0830-1700 (1630 on Fridays).

Port Talbot Civic Centre, Port Talbot SA13 1PJ. Opening hours: Mon-Fri 1000-1700 (1630 on Fridays).

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, The Quays, Brunel Way, Baglan Energy Park, Neath SA11 2GG. Opening hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1700.

Swansea Central Library, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea SA1 3SN. Opening hours: Tue-Fri 0830-2000; Sat & Sun 1000-1600.

Oystermouth Library, Dunns Lane, Mumbles, Swansea SA3 4AA. Opening hours: Mon-Thu 0900-1800; Fri 0900-1900; Sat: 0900-1700; Sun 1200-1600.

St Thomas Library, Grenfell Park Road, St Thomas, Swansea SA1 8EZ. Opening hours: Mon & Thu 0900-1730; Tue & Fri 0900-1300; Sat 1000-1300.

Neath Library, Victoria Gardens, Neath SA11 3BA. Opening hours: Mon-Wed 0900-1800; Thu 0900-1700; Fri 0900-1900; Sat 0930-1300.

Port Talbot Library, 1st floor, Aberafan Shopping Centre, Port Talbot SA13 1PB. Opening hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1730; Sat 0930-1700.

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Documents relating to the proposed Application will be on display at the above locations and times and available for inspection from 4 July 2013 until at least 5 August 2013. Copies of documents and further details about the Project can also be found on the Applicant's website www.tidallagoonswanseabay.com.

Further copies of documents including preliminary environmental information may also be obtained by calling 01242 224104 or emailing [email protected]. A reasonable charge may be made for copies.

Any responses to this consultation or other representations in respect of the Project should be sent by post to Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay plc, Suite 6, J-Shed, King's Road, Swansea SA1 8PL or by email to [email protected].

Any response or representation in respect of the proposed Application MUST (i) be received by the Applicant on or before 5 August 2013, (ii) be made in writing, (iii) state the grounds of the response or representation, (iv) indicate who is making the response or representation, and (v) give an address to which correspondence relating to the response or representation may be sent.

Responses and other representations may be made public.

DLA Piper UK LLP, Solicitors to Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay plc

1 July 2013

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