158Further provision about applications for certificates of lawfulness(1)

An application for a certificate of lawfulness must—

(a)

specify the land to which it relates, and

(b)

describe the use, operations or other matter to which it relates.

(2)

Regulations may make provision about applications for certificates of lawfulness, including provision about—

(a)

the form and content of an application;

(b)

how an application must be made;

(c)

documents or other materials that are to be included with an application.

(3)

A planning authority may require that an application to the authority for a certificate of lawfulness must include—

(a)

any information that the authority considers necessary;

(b)

any evidence in support of anything in or relating to the application that it considers necessary.

(4)

A planning authority must not consider an application made to it for a certificate of lawfulness if the application fails to comply with a requirement imposed by or under subsections (1) to (3).

(5)

Regulations may make provision about how a planning authority is to deal with an application for a certificate of lawfulness.

(6)

In particular, the regulations may require an authority—

(a)

to give an applicant, within a period specified in the regulations, notice of how an application has been dealt with, and

(b)

to give information to the Welsh Ministers or any other person about applications made to the authority (which may include information about how an application has been dealt with).

(7)

Regulations may provide that any provision made by or under this Act is not to apply, or is to apply with modifications, to an application for a certificate under section 157 that is made by or on behalf of the Crown.