Paragraph 4 Details of consultationI1

Where appropriate, with respect to any requirement which requires details to be submitted to the relevant planning authority for approval under this Schedule following consultation with another party, the details submitted must be accompanied by a summary report setting out the consultation undertaken by the undertaker to inform the details submitted, the responses received to the consultation and the undertaker’s response to those responses.

At the time of submission to the relevant planning authority for approval, the undertaker must provide a copy of the summary report referred to under sub-paragraph (1) to the relevant consultees referred to in the requirement in relation to which approval is being sought from the relevant planning authority.

The undertaker must ensure that any consultation responses are reflected in the details submitted to the relevant planning authority for approval under this Schedule, but only where it is appropriate, reasonable and feasible to do so, taking into account considerations including, but not limited to, cost and engineering practicality.

Where the consultation responses are not reflected in the details submitted to the relevant planning authority for approval, the undertaker must state in the summary report referred to in sub-paragraph (1) the reasons why the consultation responses have not been reflected in the submitted details.