Feasibility Submission
What you need to do
You can make a Feasibility Submission to us if you have received our approval to your Expression of Interest. You should:
• read the Feasibility pages of Your Scheme on this website. This includes information on the main issues you need to assess, recommended research and enquiries to make to determine the basic feasibility of your proposal.
• complete and send us a Feasibility Submission Proforma (737KB RTF) with the supporting information we request such as basic plans, description of the scheme and answers to a range of questions. Send us two copies of this with the relevant Application Fee. If we do not receive your Feasibility Submission by the advised target date, you may forfeit your priority.
What we will do
We will consider your submission under two headings:
(1) Factors that could potentially rule out the development owing to potential impact on the operation of the waterway. These are issues relating to the proposed engineering of the development (for example, the proposed manner of connection to the waterway) and its impact on navigational safety.
(2) Advisory considerations. We may also comment on other aspects of the scheme (for example its impact on the waterway landscape or character, or on its environmental sustainability). These are primarily issues for the Local Planning Authority. BW is a statutory consultee, and we will share our comments on these points with the LPA as part of the planning process.
Within 6 weeks of receiving your submission we will tell you whether
(a) we believe that we will be able to accommodate your scheme as described in your submission, or:
(b) we believe that we will be able to accommodate it subject to your satisfying us on specific concerns that our report will explain, or:
(c ) the scheme is not acceptable, giving our reasons
If our response is (a) or (b) we will confirm your target date for sending us a Detailed Design & Construction Submission for Works NOT affecting BW (DCNA). (This will normally be 12 months from the date of our response.) Send us two copies of this with the relevant Appraisal and Inspection Fee.
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