Regulation 11 Provision of information

Subject to paragraph (2), the local planning authority and any body notified in accordance with these regulations that a person has made or is proposing to make an application for consent falling within regulation 3(1) shall, if requested by the applicant (or prospective applicant), or may without such a request, enter into consultation with the applicant to determine whether they have in their possession any information which they or the applicant consider relevant to the preparation of an environmental statement and, if they have any such information, they shall make it available to the applicant.

Paragraph (1) shall not require the disclosure by a local planning authority or a body of confidential information.