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36. Where the Secretary of State or an inspector is considering an appeal under section 174 and the matters which are alleged to constitute the breach of planning control comprise or include unauthorised EIA development, and the documents submitted for the purposes of the appeal do not include a statement referred to by the appellant as an environmental statement for the purposes of these Regulations, the following procedure shall apply—
(a)the Secretary of State shall, subject to sub-paragraph (b), within the period of 3 weeks beginning with the day on which the appeal is received, or such longer period as may be reasonably required, notify the appellant in writing of the requirements of sub-paragraph (c) below;
(b)notice need not be given under sub-paragraph (a) where the appellant has submitted an environmental statement to the Secretary of State for the purposes of an appeal under section 78 (right to appeal against planning decisions and failure to take such decisions) which—
(i)relates to the development to which the appeal under section 174 relates; and
(ii)is to be determined at the same time as that appeal under section 174;
and that statement, any further information, any other information and the representations (if any) made in relation to it shall be treated as the environmental information for the purpose of paragraph (2) of this regulation;
(c)the appellant shall, within the period specified in the notice or such longer period as the Secretary of State may allow, submit to the Secretary of State 2 copies of an environmental statement relating to the unauthorised EIA development in question;
(d)the Secretary of State shall send to the relevant planning authority a copy of any notice sent to the appellant under sub-paragraph (a);
(e)if an appellant to whom notice has been given under sub-paragraph (a) fails to comply with the requirements of sub-paragraph (c), the deemed application and the ground (a) appeal (if any) shall lapse at the end of the period specified or allowed (as the case may be);
(f)as soon as reasonably practicable after the occurrence of the event mentioned in sub-paragraph (e), the Secretary of State shall notify the appellant and the local planning authority in writing that the deemed application and the ground (a) appeal (if any) have lapsed.
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