The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Notice of appeal

6.—(1) A person who wishes to appeal to the Planning Appeals Commission under Article 17 or 36(5) of the 1997 Order (appeals to the Planning Appeals Commission from decisions with respect to licences or from determinations that information is not commercially confidential) shall do so by notice in writing.

(2) The notice shall be accompanied by –

(a)a statement of the grounds of appeal;

(b)where the appeal relates to an application for a waste management licence or for the modification, surrender or transfer of a waste management licence, a copy of the appellant’s application and any supporting documents;

(c)where the appeal relates to a determination under Article 36(2) or (4) of the 1997 Order that information is not commercially confidential, the information in question;

(d)where the appeal relates to an existing waste management licence (including a waste management licence which has been suspended or revoked), a copy of that waste management licence;

(e)a copy of any correspondence relevant to the appeal;

(f)a copy of any other document relevant to the appeal including, in particular, any relevant consent, determination, notice, planning permission under the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(1) or consent under the Water Order; and

(g)a statement indicating whether the appellant wishes to appear before and be heard by the Planning Appeals Commission.

(3) On receipt of an appeal the Planning Appeals Commission shall give notice of the appeal to the Department together with copies of the documents mentioned in paragraph (2).

(4) If the appellant wishes to withdraw an appeal, he shall do so by notifying the Planning Appeals Commission in writing and shall send a copy of that notification to the Department.