The Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009

Publicising a proposed application

4.—(1) This regulation prescribes for the purpose of section 48(1) (duty to publicise), the manner in which an applicant must publicise a proposed application.

(2) The applicant must publish a notice, which must include the matters prescribed by paragraph (3) of this regulation, of the proposed application—

(a) for at least two successive weeks in one or more local newspapers circulating in the vicinity in which the proposed development would be situated;

(b) once in a national newspaper;

(c) once in the London Gazette and, if land in Scotland is affected, the Edinburgh Gazette; and

(d) where the proposed application relates to offshore development—

(i) once in Lloyd’s List; and

(ii) once in an appropriate fishing trade journal.

(3) The matters which the notice must include are—

(a) the name and address of the applicant;

(b) a statement that the applicant intends to make an application for development consent to the Commission;

(c) a statement as to whether the application is EIA development;

(d) a summary of the main proposals, specifying the location or route of the proposed development;

(e) a statement that the documents, plans and maps showing the nature and location of the proposed development are available for inspection free of charge at the places (including at least one address in the vicinity of the proposed development) and times set out in the notice;

(f) the latest date on which those documents, plans and maps will be available for inspection (being a date not earlier than the deadline in sub-paragraph (i));

(g) whether a charge will be made for copies of any of the documents, plans or maps and the amount of any charge;

(h) details of how to respond to the publicity; and

(i) a deadline for receipt of those responses by the applicant, being not less than 28 days following the date when the notice is last published.