Paragraph 2 Applications made under requirementsI1
England, Wales and Scotland
Where an application has been made to the discharging authority for any consent, agreement or approval required by a requirement contained in Part 3 of this Schedule, or for any consent, agreement or approval further to any document referred to in any such requirement, the discharging authority must give notice to the undertaker of its decision on the application within a period of eight weeks beginning with—
the day immediately following that on which a valid application is received by the discharging authority (such validity to be confirmed by the discharging authority within five days of receipt of the application); or
where further information is requested under paragraph 3 the day immediately following that on which the further information has been supplied by the undertaker, or such longer period as may be agreed in writing by the undertaker and the discharging authority.
In determining any application made to the discharging authority for any consent, agreement or approval required by a requirement contained in Part 3 of this Schedule, the discharging authority may—
give or refuse its consent, agreement or approval; or
give its consent, agreement or approval either subject to reasonable conditions, or unconditionally,
and where consent, agreement or approval is refused or granted subject to conditions the discharging authority must provide its reasons for that decision with the notice of the decision.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 1 Pt. 4 para. 2 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
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Word in preamble substituted (31.1.2024) by The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/117), art. 1(2), Sch.