Part 2Applications

Consultation before determination of application: EIA development

article 14 + 14.—(1) Before determining an EIA application for planning permission for development, the Secretary of State must—

article 14 1 a + (a)comply with the consultation requirements set out in article 13, and

article 14 1 b + (b)in the case of an application for development which, in the Secretary of State's opinion, falls within a category set out in the Table in Schedule 4 to the 2015 Order, consult the authority or person mentioned in relation to that category, except where—

article 14 1 b i + (i)the Secretary of State is specified as the consultee;

article 14 1 b ii + (ii)the Secretary of State is required to consult the authority so mentioned under article 13.

term the consultee + (2) Where, by or under this article, the Secretary of State is required to consult any authority or person (“the consultee”) before determining an application, the Secretary of State must—

article 14 2 a + (a)send a copy of the application to the consultee, and

article 14 2 b + (b)not determine the application until at least 30 days after the date on which the application was sent to the consultee.

(3) The Secretary of State must, in determining the application, take into account any representations received from the consultee within the period referred to in paragraph (2)(b).

(4) The Secretary of State may disregard any representations received after the end of the period referred to in paragraph (2)(b).