Paragraph 31 Further information regarding requirements

In relation to any application referred to in paragraph 30 (applications made under requirements), the relevant authority may request such further information from the undertaker as it considers necessary to enable it to consider the application.

If the relevant authority considers that further information is necessary and the requirement concerned contained in Part 1 of this Schedule does not specify that consultation with a consultee is required, the relevant authority must, within ten working days of receipt of the application, notify the undertaker in writing specifying the further information required.

If the requirement concerned contained in Part 1 of this Schedule specifies that consultation with a consultee is required, the relevant authority must issue the application to the consultee within 14 days of receipt of the application, and notify the undertaker in writing specifying any further information requested by the consultee within 14 days of receipt of such a request.

If the relevant authority does not give the notification within the period specified in sub-paragraph (2) or (3) it (and the consultee, as the case may be) is deemed to have sufficient information to consider the application and is not entitled to request further information without the prior agreement of the undertaker.

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.