# The Springwell Solar Farm Order 2026, Paragraph 3: Further information and consultation

Extent: E+W

(1) In relation to any application made under paragraph 2(2), the relevant planning authority may request such reasonable further information from the undertaker as is necessary to enable it to consider the application.
(2) In the event that the relevant planning authority considers such reasonable further information to be necessary and the provision governing or requiring the application does not specify that consultation with a requirement consultee is required, the relevant planning authority must, within 15 working days of receipt of the application, notify the undertaker in writing specifying the reasonable further information required.
(3) If the provision governing or requiring the application specifies that consultation with a requirement consultee is required, the relevant planning authority must notify the undertaker in writing specifying any reasonable further information the relevant planning authority considers necessary or that is requested by the requirement consultee within 20 working days of receipt of the application (or such other period as is agreed in writing between the undertaker and the relevant planning authority).
(4) In the event that the relevant planning authority does not give notification as specified in sub-paragraph (2) or (3) it is deemed to have sufficient information to consider the application and is not thereafter entitled to request further information without the prior agreement of the undertaker.
(5) Where further information is requested under this paragraph in relation to part only of an application, that part is to be treated as separate from the remainder of the application for the purposes of calculating time periods in paragraph 2 and paragraph 3.
(6) Where further information is requested under this paragraph and provided by the undertaker, any notification reasonably given by the relevant planning authority that the information provided is inadequate and requesting additional information must be received by the undertaker within five working days, or such longer period as is agreed (including where the quantity of information is substantial or requirement consultees are involved) of the day on which the undertaker has provided the further information in response to the original request, and where no such notification is received the relevant planning authority is deemed to have sufficient information to consider the application and is not thereafter entitled to request further information without the prior agreement of the undertaker.
(7) If the provision governing or requiring the application specifies that consultation with a requirement consultee is required—
(a) A requirement consultee is required to notify the relevant planning authority in writing specifying any reasonable further information it considers necessary in order to comment on the application within 15 working days of receipt of the application pursuant to paragraph 2(5);
(b) If a requirement consultee does not give notification as specified in sub-paragraph (a) it is deemed to have sufficient information to comment on the application and is not thereafter entitled to request further information without the prior agreement of the undertaker and relevant planning authority;
(c) At the same time as providing any further information to the relevant planning authority pursuant to a request under paragraph (2), if the undertaker has been notified of further information requested by a requirement consultee, the undertaker must also give any further information to the requirement consultee;
(d) A requirement consultee is required to notify the relevant planning authority in writing of any comments on the application within 15 working days of receipt of the application from the undertaker pursuant to paragraph 2(5), or the receipt of any further information pursuant to sub-paragraph (c) (where further information has been requested); and
(e) If a requirement consultee does not give notification as specified in sub-paragraph (d) it is deemed to have no comments on the application.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/419/schedule/16/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/springwell-solar-farm-order-2026/schedule-16/paragraph-3
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