Part 2Applications

Publicity of urgent Crown development applications

9.—(1) Article 12 provides an exception to the requirements of this article.

(2) As soon as practicable after giving notice agreeing to determine a urgent Crown development application for planning permission under section 293B(5) of the 1990 Act, the Secretary of State must publish on a website —

(a)the application;

(b)the plans, drawings, other information and documents required to accompany the application under article 6(1)(c).

(3) As soon as practicable after giving notice agreeing to determine a urgent Crown development application for approval of a reserved matter under section 293B(5) of the 1990 Act, the Secretary of State must publish on a website—

(a)the application;

(b)plans and drawings accompanying the application under article 7(b) (if any);

(c)the statement required under article 7(c).

(4) As soon as practicable after publishing a urgent Crown development application under paragraph (2) or (3), the Secretary of State must notify the relevant local planning authority and the local planning register authority, if different, of the fact of publication and the website where the application and accompanying documents may be viewed.

(5) As soon as practicable after receiving a notification under paragraph (4) , the local planning register authority must place a copy of the application and accompanying documents on the register required to be kept under article 40 of the 2015 Order.

(6) The Secretary of State must give to any person who so requests—

(a)details of the website where the application and accompanying documents have been published, and

(b)details of where the application and accompanying documents may be physically inspected and, if practicable, copies taken of them.

(7) Article 11 contains additional publicity requirements for applications which are also EIA applications.

(8) In this article “accompanying documents” means the material specified in paragraph (2)(b) or, as the case may be, paragraph (3)(b) and (c).