Regulation 3 Application for approvalI1

a description or plan of the area sufficient to identify it;

a summary of the evidence that the local authority has had regard to in making its decision to apply;

details of the actions that the local authority has taken, prior to the application, to improve the poor environmental standard of the private rented housing in the area;

information about the local authority’s general strategy for promoting compliance with legislation and good practice by landlords in the area;

information about which of the powers specified in regulation 4 are being sought, how they will be used and how they will enhance that general strategy; and

an indication of the steps that will be taken, should the application be successful, to advertise to relevant persons that the area has been designated as an EEA.