Consultation outcome

Project Gigabit - Cheshire (Lot 17) Public Review

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Cheshire Public Review Outcome Postcode List

Detail of outcome

Closure of the Public Review request for information - release 3A consultation


Original consultation

Summary

This review seeks information and supporting evidence about gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure within the Cheshire area. This consultation closes at 5pm on Wednesday 5 October 2022.

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Consultation description

Following an Open Market Review launched on 6 April 2022 to 6 May 2022, Building Digital UK (BDUK) is seeking views from the public and other stakeholders through this Public Review (PR) about existing or planned gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure in the area of Cheshire.

Background

The government’s ambition is to deliver nationwide gigabit-capable broadband as soon as possible. The market is making great progress in delivering this ambition but there is a need for government intervention in the parts of the country that are not commercially viable. This is why the Budget in 2020 committed £5 billion for the hardest to reach parts of the country, ensuring that all areas of the UK can benefit equally.

The £5 billion will be spent through a package of co-ordinated and mutually supportive interventions, collectively known as the Project Gigabit Programme. As part of this, BDUK is developing a procurement approach for funding contracts to suppliers delivering gigabit-capable wholesale infrastructure.

Gigabit-capable broadband is important for all communities providing faster, more reliable connectivity for homes and businesses everywhere.

Information required

BDUK requests information and supporting evidence about gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure within the Cheshire Intervention Area (IA). We wish to hear from all relevant stakeholders - including the public, businesses, internet service providers and broadband infrastructure operators - in relation to the target intervention area found in the below detailed Request For Information (RFI) document.

For the avoidance of doubt, please only respond to this PR if you have a meaningful contribution to make.

Please tell us about your:

  • Broadband infrastructure - existing
  • Plans for developing / improving broadband infrastructure
  • Suppliers should include in their response any existing infrastructure or planned infrastructure - Please include in your submission, any existing or planned infrastructure you have gained with assistance from government subsidy, for example, Vouchers, Superfast (NBS 2012 or NBS 2016) and Hubs
  • Interest in bidding for projects and capability to scale

A description of the response format can be found in the PR RFI document.

Public Review description

BDUK requests information and supporting evidence from suppliers in relation to the presence of gigabit-capable broadband infrastructure within the project area. We wish to hear from all relevant stakeholders - including the public, businesses, internet service providers and broadband infrastructure operators - particularly in relation to the proposed mapped eligible areas.

How to respond:

For all submissions, BDUK would be grateful if you could confirm the following:

  • your organisation’s name (if applicable)
  • your organisation’s, or residential address (if applicable)
  • your name
  • position
  • contact telephone number
  • email address

Members of the public and other respondents should follow the above format and email their submissions to ukgigabit@bduk.zendesk.com.

If you are a broadband infrastructure operator please contact us at ukgigabit@bduk.zendesk.com to access our secure file transfer portal.

Further information

Read more about BDUK.

Documents

Cheshire OMR outcome Postcode List

Updates to this page

Published 5 September 2022
Last updated 16 October 2023 + show all updates
  1. Annex C added to closure notice.

  2. Key findings from the Open Market Review and Public Review

  3. Public Review closure notice added including outcome map and postcode list.

  4. Public Review closure Notice added including outcome map and postcode list.

  5. Public Review closure.

  6. First published.

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