Paragraph 30 Applications made under requirements
Where an application has been made to the relevant authority for any consent, agreement or approval required by a requirement (including consent, agreement, or approval in respect of part of a requirement) included in this Order, the relevant authority must give notice to the undertaker of its decision on the application within a period of eight weeks or such longer period as may be agreed in writing by the undertaker and the relevant authority, beginning with the later of—
the day immediately following that on which the application is received by the relevant authority;
where further information is requested under paragraph 31 (further information regarding requirements), the day immediately following that on which the further information has been supplied by the undertaker.
In determining any application made to the relevant authority for any consent, agreement or approval required by a requirement contained in Part 1 of this Schedule, the relevant authority may—
give or refuse its consent, agreement or approval; or
give its consent, agreement or approval subject to reasonable conditions,
and where consent, agreement or approval is refused or granted subject to conditions the relevant authority must provide its reasons for that decision with the notice of the decision.
An application made pursuant to paragraph (1) must include a statement to confirm whether it is likely that the subject matter of the application will give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects compared to those in the environmental statement and if it will then it must be accompanied by information setting out what those effects are.
In the event the relevant authority does not determine an application within the period set out in sub-paragraph (1), the relevant authority is to be taken to have granted all parts of the application (without any condition or qualification) at the end of that period.
For deemed consent under paragraph (4) to apply to any application for consent under paragraph (1), the application must include a statement that the provisions of paragraph (4) apply to that application.
If an application for consent under paragraph (1) does not include the statement required under paragraph (5), then the provisions of paragraph (4) will not apply to that application.