Regulation 4 Duty to consult before determining application for approval

An approving body, when requesting a response from a person consulted under paragraph 11(3) of Schedule 3 (a “consultee”), must specify a date for response which is within 3 weeks beginning on the first working day after sending the request.

Before the end of the period specified under paragraph (1) the approving body and consultee may agree a different date for response.

The approving body may disregard a response that is received from a consultee after the relevant time limit.

In this regulation, “relevant time limit” means—