Regulation 14 Notification of decision
(1)
The grant or refusal of an express consent by a local planning authority shall be notified in writing to the applicant within a period of 8 weeks from the date of the receipt of the application or such longer period as the applicant may, before that date, agree in writing.
(2)
The authority shall state in writing their reasons for–
(a)
any refusal of consent in whole or in part;
(b)
any decision to attach any condition under regulation 13(1)(b) to a consent, except a condition specified in Schedule 3 in a case to which regulation 13(4) applies; and
(c)
any condition imposing a shorter period than that specified in regulation 13(5)(a), except where the application specified that shorter period.