Paragraph 4
If within—
(a)
two months after an application has been made to a district council; or
(b)
such longer period as may be agreed upon in writing by that council and the person who made the application;
the council have not given notice under paragraph 3 that the application has been granted (whether unconditionally or subject to conditions) or, as the case may be, refused, the application shall be deemed to have been refused.