Article 14 Amendment of article 23

In article 23 (time periods for decisions), for paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4)

Subject to paragraph (4A), the Secretary of State must not determine a relevant application, where any notice of, or information about, the application has been—

(a)

published in a newspaper under article 9, within the period of 14 days beginning with the date when the notice was published;

(b)

served on an owner of the land or tenant of an agricultural holding under article 9, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date when the notice was served on that person;

(c)

given by site display under article 9, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date when the notice was first displayed by site display;

(d)

published in a newspaper under article 13, within the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the notice was published;

(e)

published on a website under article 13(1), within the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the information was published;

(f)

served on an adjoining owner or occupier under article 14, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice was served on that person;

(g)

given by site display under article 14, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date when the notice was first displayed by site display;

(h)

served on an infrastructure manager under article 14A, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date when the notice was served on that person.

(4A)

When computing the number of days in sub-paragraphs (d) to (g) of paragraph (4), any day which is a public holiday must be disregarded.”.