Sections 56 and 57 – Notifying persons of accepted application/Categories for purposes of section 56(2)(d)
129.These sections describe the persons who must be notified of an application for an order granting development consent which the Commission has accepted. The persons to be notified are certain local authorities, any persons prescribed by regulations and certain people with interests in land.
130.The form and content of the notice, and the manner in which it is to be given, may be prescribed in regulations by the Secretary of State. The applicant must inform the person of any deadline by which they should respond to the Commission; this deadline should not be less than 28 days.
131.Subsections (7) and (8) of section 56 require the applicant to publicise the application in the manner set out by the Secretary of State. Any publicity must include a deadline by which people should notify the Commission of their interest or objection to the application.
