Part 2Crown development applications

Chapter 2Consultation

Consultation with relevant authority

21.—(1) The Secretary of State must, before determining a Crown development application—

(a)send a copy of the application and any document accompanying it to each relevant authority, unless that authority has already received it in accordance with article 13, and

(b)inform the relevant authority that they have a period of 21 days beginning with the day the application is sent to the authority, or such other period as may be agreed in writing between the authority and the Secretary of State, to make representations about the application.

(2) In this article “relevant authority” means—

(a)the relevant local planning authority,

(b)where the relevant local planning authority is not the district planning authority, the district planning authority,

(c)where the relevant local planning authority is not the county planning authority, the county planning authority, and

(d)where the council of a parish are given information in relation to the Crown development application pursuant to section 293G of the 1990 Act, the parish council.