PART 3PLANNING PERMISSION
CHAPTER 6DEALING WITH APPLICATIONS
Procedure for dealing with applications
64Requirement to respond to consultation
(1)
Where a planning authority consults a person who exercises functions for the purposes of any enactment and either or both of the following conditions are met, the person must give a substantive response to the consultation.
(2)
The first condition is that the consultation is required by regulations under section 63.
(3)
The second condition is that—
(a)
the consultation relates to an application made to the planning authority for—
(i)
approval of a reserved matter, or
(ii)
any other consent, agreement or approval required by a condition subject to which planning permission has been granted on an application made to the authority under this Part, and
(b)
regulations under section 63 required the planning authority to consult the person before determining the application for the planning permission.
(4)
The substantive response must be given before the end of—
(a)
the period specified in regulations, or
(b)
any other period agreed in writing between the person consulted and the planning authority.
(5)
Regulations may make provision—
(a)
about the procedure to be followed for the purposes of this section;
(b)
about the requirements of a substantive response;
(c)
requiring a person to make a report to the Welsh Ministers about the person’s compliance with subsections (1) and (4) (including provision about the form and content of the report and when it must be made).