Regulation 7 Objections by recipients of notice

Any notice published or served pursuant to regulation 4(1), 5 or 6 shall state the time (which shall not be less than 28 days from the date or latest date of publication of the notice, or less than 28 days from the date of service of the notice) within which, and the manner in which, objections to the application may be made to the Secretary of State, by persons other than any relevant planning authority.

A relevant planning authority shall serve notification of any objection by it to an application upon the Secretary of State within four months of the date of the application, or within any longer period as may be agreed in writing by the authority with both the Secretary of State and the applicant.

The Secretary of State may, for the purposes of paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 8, disregard any objection not notified by a relevant planning authority in accordance with paragraph (2).