M40 CAMPUSTHE PROPOSAL, EXPLAINED
Take part in the decision

Ask clearly.
Be heard.

You do not need to be a planning expert. Describe what matters to you, ask for evidence, and respond in your own words.

Stage two community consultation

Your voice belongs
in the evidence.

Consultation closes 23:59, Tuesday 27 October 2026.
Deadline shown in UK local time.

Respond to SDC
—DAYS REMAINING

Checking the clock

01 / Online

Official feedback form

Send your response directly to the project team.

02 / Email

Email SDC

info@sdcM40campus.co.uk

03 / Post

Use Freepost

Freepost SDCM40 CAMPUS

Keep SDCM40 CAMPUS uppercase, with no space between SDC and M40. Allow time for delivery.
Who else to send it to

Copy in the people who decide.

Send your objection to SDC, and copy in your MP and the council.

Contacts from a local residents’ leaflet. Check them before sending.
Prepare your own response

What matters
most to you?

Choose your concerns to reveal useful writing prompts. Personal experience is more useful than an identical copied objection.

Select your concerns
Your writing prompts

Start with your concerns.

Select one or more topics. Your prompts will appear here.

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Questions worth asking

Be specific.
Ask for the detail.

  1. 01

    Why compare the campus with a landfill, rather than with the fields and woodland the site was required to become?

  2. 02

    What are the predicted night-time noise levels at each residential receptor?

  3. 03

    What assumptions have been made about simultaneous generator operation?

  4. 04

    How frequently will generators be tested?

  5. 05

    What are the maximum permitted operating hours of the gas energy centre?

  6. 06

    What alternatives to Scenario 1 have been assessed?

  7. 07

    Why does this development need to be in this specific location?

  8. 08

    What verified winter photomontages are available?

  9. 09

    How many operational jobs are direct full-time on-site roles?

  10. 10

    What binding commitment exists for local recruitment?

  11. 11

    What are predicted NO₂, PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅ changes at residential receptors?

  12. 12

    What happens if proposed landscape screening does not establish successfully?

Meet the project team

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Follow the planning process

Consultation is
one stage of the decision.

SDC is pursuing a Development Consent Order (DCO). The Planning Inspectorate examines the application and makes a recommendation. The Secretary of State decides whether consent is granted.

01

Consultation

02

DCO application

03

Acceptance

04

Relevant representation

05

Examination

06

Recommendation

07

Secretary of State decision

Responding to this consultation does not automatically register you for an examination. After acceptance, check the official invitation and deadline for making a relevant representation.