Part 4Determination of Crown development and connected listed building applications

Chapter 3Time periods for decision and decision notice

Time periods for decision: Crown development application

article 47 + 47.—(1) The Secretary of State must not determine a Crown development application, where any notice of, or information about, the application has been—

article 47 1 a + (a)published in a newspaper under article 9, before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the notice was published;

article 47 1 b + (b)served on an owner of the land or agricultural tenant under article 9, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice was served on that person;

article 47 1 c + (c)given by site display under article 9, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice was first displayed by site display;

article 47 1 d + (d)published in a newspaper under article 16, before the end of the period of 14 days beginning with the date on which the notice was published;

article 47 1 e + (e)published on a website under article 16, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the information was published;

article 47 1 f + (f)served on an adjoining owner or occupier under article 17, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice was served on that person;

article 47 1 g + (g)given by site display under article 17, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice was first displayed by site display;

article 47 1 h + (h)given to an infrastructure manager under article 18, before the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the date on which the notice was first given to that person.

(2) When computing the number of days in sub-paragraphs (d) to (g) of paragraph (1), any day which is a public holiday must be disregarded.

(3) In the case of an EIA application accompanied by an environmental statement, the Secretary of State must not determine a Crown development application, where any notice of, or information about, the application has been—

article 47 3 a + (a)published on a website under article 16, before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the date on which the information was published;

article 47 3 b + (b)published in a newspaper under article 16, before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the date on which the information was published;

article 47 3 c + (c)given by site display under article 17, before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the date when the notice was first displayed by site display.