PART 6MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

Discharge of requirements and other approvals etc

48.—(1) Save as provided otherwise by this Order, paragraphs (1) and (3) of Part 2 (procedure for discharge of certain approvals) of Schedule 2 (requirements) is to have effect in relation to applications made pursuant to the requirements set out in Schedule 2.

(2) Save as provided otherwise by this Order, paragraph (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 is to have effect in relation to all consents, agreements, approvals or notices granted, refused or withheld in relation to—

(a)the requirements set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2;

(b)any document referred to in any requirement set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2; and

(c)the functions of the local authority set out in Sections 60 (control of noise on construction sites) and or 61 (prior consent for work on construction sites) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974(1).

(3) Where an application is made to, or a request is made of, the relevant planning authority, highway authority, street authority or the owner of a watercourse, sewer or drain or any other relevant person for any agreement or approval required or contemplated by any of the provisions of this Order, such agreement or approval must, if given, be given in writing and must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.