7.—(1) This article applies to applications falling within article 4(2).
(2) Subsection (2) of section 16 of the 1976 Act is to have effect as if the actions specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection required to be carried out by the relevant date.
(3) An application is to be considered at a meeting of the Board held no later than 119 days after the relevant date.
(4) In this article, “the relevant date” is–
(a)in a case where a requirement to display a notice has been imposed under article 5(4), the date specified in the notice as the date by which objections require to be lodged; or
(b)in any other case, the date specified under article 4(4)(d).