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4.—(1) The Scottish Ministers may—
(a)request from the applicant such additional information, and
(b)consult such persons and make such other inquiries,
(c)as they may consider necessary or relevant for the purposes of making a decision on an application for felling permission.
(2) The Scottish Ministers may at any reasonable time—
(a)enter the felling area with the consent of an owner or occupier of that land, and
(b)take onto the felling area such other persons or such equipment as they consider necessary,
(c)for the purposes of making a decision on an application for felling permission.
(3) An application for felling permission may be rejected by the Scottish Ministers without further consideration if—
(a)the applicant does not supply information that has been requested under paragraph (1)(a) within such reasonable timescale as the Scottish Ministers may have specified, or
(b)the Scottish Ministers are unable to access the felling area because consent under paragraph (2) is not given.
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