Paragraph 6

(1)

Within 14 days of receiving an application for consent under this Schedule, the appropriate Ministers shall invite the relevant planning authority to make representations and shall not make any decision about the application until—

(a)

they have received representations from the authority about it,

(b)

they have been informed by the authority that it does not wish to make any representations about it, or

(c)

28 days have elapsed since the date of the invitation.

(2)

An invitation under sub-paragraph (1) above shall specify the time limit for making representations.

(3)

For the purposes of this paragraph, the relevant planning authority is—

(a)

in the case of a line in Greater London, the local planning authority, and

(b)

in the case of a line in Essex or Kent, the district planning authority.

Notes on Schedule 14

Modifications

C1: Sch. 14 (except paras. 8(2)(a), 12) applied (with modifications) (22.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1451, art. 15(1), Sch. 3 para. 1(i)
C2: Sch. 14: functions transferred (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), arts. 1(2), 7(1) (with art. 17)