Part 3Connected listed building applications
Chapter 2Consultation
Consultation with relevant local planning authority
article 40 40.—(1) Before determining a connected listed building application, the Secretary of State must notify the relevant local planning authority giving the authority a period of at least 21 days, beginning no earlier than the day the Secretary of State sends the notice under article 34 in relation to the application, within which to make representations about the application.
(2) The Secretary of State must not determine the application until the period specified in the notice under paragraph (1) has elapsed, unless the Secretary of State has received a substantive response (within the meaning of article 39(4)) concerning the application from the authority.