Article 6 Appeals to Commission

(1)

Any appeal by an administrative body to the Commission under section 9(1) against a decision of a committee—

(a)

shall be sent to the Commission in Form 9 of the Appendix;

(b)

shall be accompanied by a copy of the application to the committee, of any plans, drawings, specifications and other documents accompanying the application and of the notice of the committee’s decision sent to the administrative body under section 7(3); and

(c)

shall be made within the period of three months beginning with the date of service of the notice of the committee’s decision on the administrative body under section 7(3);

and a copy of the appeal shall be sent to the committee.

(2)

Any request by an administrative body to the Commission under section 9(2) to deal with application to a committee for approval of a proposal—

(a)

shall be made by notice given to the Commission in Form 10 of the Appendix, a copy of which shall be sent to the committee;

(b)

shall be accompanied by a copy of the application under section 7(1) and of any plans, drawings, specifications and other documents accompanying the application; and

(c)

shall be made within the period of three months beginning with the date of expiry of the period specified in section 9(2).

(3)

Within the period of ten days beginning with the date of service on a committee of any copy of an appeal or notice under sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (2)(a) of this rule, the secretary of the committee shall send to the secretary of the Commission copies of any representations in writing received by him or the committee with respect to the proposal concerned.

(4)

The secretary of the Commission shall send notice of the Commission’s decision to the administrative body in Form 11 of the Appendix in the case of a decision under section 9(3) and in Form 12 of the Appendix in the case of a decision under section 9(4), accompanied in either case by a report in writing of any public hearing held by the Commission for the purpose of receiving oral representations from members of the public with respect to the proposal concerned.

(5)

The chapter clerk shall display in accordance with rule 13 a copy of the notice sent to the administrative body under paragraph (4) of this rule and, if the Commission’s decision relates to a proposal of a kind described in section 2(1)(a), he shall also send a copy of the notice to the local planning authority.