{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-rail-link-act-1996/schedule-6/paragraph-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-rail-link-act-1996/schedule-6/paragraph-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/61",
  "legislation_title": "Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-rail-link-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where a planning authority considers that a request for approval under Part II or III of this Schedule relates to matters which may affect—\n(a) nature conservation,\n(b) the conservation of the natural beauty or amenity of the countryside, or\n(c) a site of archaeological or historic interest,\nit shall, within 5 days of receiving the request, invite the appropriate body or bodies to make representations.\n(2) Where under sub-paragraph (1) above a planning authority has invited a body to make representations about a request for approval under Part II or III of this Schedule, it shall not make any decision about the request until—\n(a) it has received representations from the body about the request,\n(b) it has been informed by the body that it does not wish to make any representations about the request, or\n(c) 21 days have elapsed since the date of the invitation.\n(3) An invitation under sub-paragraph (1) above shall specify the time limit for making representations.\n(4) For the purposes of this paragraph, the following are appropriate bodies in relation to the following matters—\nMatter\nBody\nNature conservation.\nNatural England.\nConservation of the natural beauty or amenity of the countryside.\nThe Nature conservation or conservation of the natural beauty or amenity of the countryside .\nSites of archaeological or historic interest.\nThe Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 27(4) substituted (1.10.2006) by Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c. 16), s. 107, Sch. 11 para. 147; S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/61/schedule/6/paragraph/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:26.800440+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}