Notice is hereby given that Gateway Energy Centre Limited (“the Company”) has applied under Section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989, for consent of the Secretary of State to construct and operate a 900MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) electricity generating station on land at The Manorway, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex SS17 9PD and for a direction, under section 90(2) of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990, that planning permission for the development be deemed to be granted.

A copy of the application, with a plan showing the land to which it relates together with a copy of the Environmental Statement, explaining the Company’s proposals in more detail and presenting an analysis of the environmental implications with a Non-Technical Summary thereof, may be inspected, during normal office hours at the following addresses:

An electronic version of the Section 36 consent application and associated reports, including the ES, can be downloaded free of charge at the GEC website www.gatewayenergycentre.co.uk.

The Environmental Statement (price £250), CD copies of the Environmental Statement (price £5) and copies of the Non-Technical Summary (free of charge) may be obtained by writing to Richard Wearmouth, Parsons Brinckerhoff Limited, Amber Court, William Armstrong Drive, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE4 7YQ.

Any objections to the proposals, stating the name of the power station and the grounds of the objection, should be made in writing to the Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, c/o Gary Mohammed, Manager, Conventional Power Stations and Gas Pipeline Consents, DECC, Area A 3rd Floor, 3 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2AW, or by email to: gary.mohammed@decc.gsi.gov.uk not later than 30th April 2010. Other representations are also welcome. Unless otherwise indicated, copies of any objections, and other representations received, will be regarded as public documents.

During the consideration of the proposal the Secretary of State may formally request further information from the developer to supplement the Environmental Statement, and materially relevant additional information may also be generated. If that happens, further public notices will give advice on how representations may be made to the Secretary of State on this material.

Following receipt of all views and representations the Secretary of State will either grant or refuse consent for the proposal (with or without conditions). This may involve holding a public inquiry first, depending on whether there is a statutory objection from the relevant planning authority, or the Secretary of State decides to exercise his discretion to call a public inquiry in the light of objection by other persons.