# The National Grid (Bramford to Twinstead Reinforcement) Order 2024, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W

(1) Where an application has been made to a relevant authority for any consent, agreement or approval required by a requirement (including consent, agreement or approval in respect of part of a requirement), the relevant authority must give notice to the undertaker of its decision on the application within a period of 35 days beginning with—
(a) where no further information is requested under paragraph 2, the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the authority;
(b) where further information is requested under paragraph 2(2), the day immediately following that on which further information has been supplied by the undertaker; or
(c) such longer period as may be agreed in writing by the undertaker and the relevant authority.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), in the event that the relevant authority does not determine an application within the period set out in sub-paragraph (1), the relevant authority is taken to have granted all parts of the application (without any condition or qualification) at the end of that period.
(3) Where—
(a) an application has been made to the relevant authority for any consent, agreement or approval required by a requirement included in this Order;
(b) the relevant authority does not determine such application within the period set out in sub-paragraph (1); and
(c) the application is accompanied by a report that considers it likely that the subject matter of the application is to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects in comparison with those reported in the environmental statement,
then the application is taken to have been refused by the relevant authority at the end of that period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/958/schedule/4/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-grid-bramford-to-twinstead-reinforcement-order-2024/schedule-4/paragraph-1
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