Paragraph 3 Further information and consultationI1

In relation to any application to which this Schedule applies, the relevant authority may request such reasonable further information from the undertaker as is necessary to enable it to consider the application.

In the event that the relevant authority considers such further information to be necessary and the provision governing or requiring the application does not specify that consultation with a requirement consultee is required the relevant authority must, within fourteen business days of receipt of the application, notify the undertaker in writing specifying the further information required.

If the provision governing or requiring the application specifies that consultation with a requirement consultee is required, the relevant authority must issue the consultation to the requirement consultee within five business days of receipt of the application, and must notify the undertaker in writing specifying any further information requested by the requirement consultee within five business days of receipt of such a request and in any event within fourteen business days of receipt of the application.

In the event that the relevant authority does not give notification as specified in sub-paragraph (2) or (3) it is to be deemed to have sufficient information to consider the application and is not thereafter entitled to request further information without the prior agreement of the undertaker.

Where further information is requested under this paragraph in relation to part only of an application, that part is to be treated as separate from the remainder of the application for the purposes of calculating time periods in paragraph 2(1)(b), paragraph 2(3) and paragraph 3.