56Application for planning permission, approval of reserved matters etc.: general requirements(1)

This section applies to applications to planning authorities for—

(a)

planning permission;

(b)

approval of a reserved matter;

(c)

any other consent, agreement or approval required by a condition or limitation subject to which planning permission has been granted.

(2)

Regulations may make provision about applications to which this section applies.

(3)

That provision may include 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.

(4)

A planning authority may require that an application 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.

(5)

A requirement imposed under subsection (4)—

(a)

must not be inconsistent with provision made under subsection (3);

(b)

must be reasonable having regard, in particular, to the nature and scale of the proposed development;

(c)

may require information or evidence about a matter only if it is reasonable to believe that the matter will be a relevant consideration in the determination of the application.