Notification of decision
16.—(1) The grant or refusal by a local planning authority of an application for express consent shall be notified in writing to the applicant within a period of 8 weeks from the date of the receipt of the application or such longer period as the applicant may, before the expiry of that period, agree in writing(1).
(2) The authority shall state in writing its reasons for—
(a)any refusal of consent in whole or in part;
(b)the imposition of any condition under regulation 14(1)(a), other than—
(i)a standard condition;
(ii)a condition specified in Part 1 of Schedule 3 in relation to a class within which the advertisement falls; and
(c)the imposition of a condition whereby the consent expires before the expiry of 5 years from the date on which it is granted, unless the period specified in the condition is a period proposed by the applicant.
See also regulation 22 as to electronic communications.