Applications relating to county matters
20.—(1) A county planning authority shall, before determining—
(a)an application for planning permission under Part III of the Act;
(b)an application under section 53 of the Act;
(c)an application for an established use certificate under section 94 of the Act; or
(d)an application for approval of reserved matters,
give the district planning authority for the area in which the relevant land lies a period of at least 14 days, from the date of receipt of the application by the district authority, within which to make recommendations about the manner in which the application shall be determined; and shall take any such recommendations into account.
(2) A county planning authority shall—
(a)on determining an application of a kind mentioned in paragraph (1), as soon as reasonably practicable notify the district planning authority of the terms of their decision; or
(b)if any such application is referred to the Secretary of State, inform the district planning authority of the date when it was so referred and, when notified to them, of the terms of the decision.