PR18 consultation on implementing infrastructure cost charges for open access operators

Consultation conclusions

In December 2018, we published a consultation setting out three implementation issues for levying infrastructure cost charges (ICCs):

• changes to our access policy relating to the NPA test;
• the definition of what characterises a substantial modification to a service; and
• the definition of the interurban market segment.

We received 13 responses from a range of stakeholders. We are grateful to all those who responded. The have made redacted responses available below.

Following careful review of stakeholder responses, we have published conclusions to the consultation. Where appropriate we have also updated the supporting documents that accompanied the proposals in our December 2018 consultation, to take account of stakeholder comments. Both our conclusions and these updated supporting documents are available below.

Documents supporting conclusions

Final impact assessment on open access infrastructure cost charge implementation
Published 21 March 2019

Spreadsheet - Distances between all stations within the interurban market segment
Published 21 March 2019

Spreadsheet – Data transformation for categorisation
Published shortly

Consultation responses

Responses to the open access infrastructure cost charge implementation consultation
Published 21 March 2019