8. Where it appears to the planning authority that—
(a)an application for planning permission which is—
(i)before them for determination is a Schedule 1 application or Schedule 2 application; or
(ii)subject to review under section 43A(8) (right to require review of planning decisions and failure to take such decisions) is a Schedule 2 application;
(b)the development in question has not been the subject of a screening opinion or screening direction; and
(c)the application is not accompanied by a statement referred to by the applicant as an environmental statement for the purposes of these Regulations,
paragraphs (3) to (5) of regulation 6 apply as if the making of the application, or the requirement to review the case under section 43A(8), as the case may be, were a request made under regulation 6(1).