PART 2

Heat network consent

Heat network consent applications

Determining heat network consent applications
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1
The appropriate consent authority may—
a
agree to a heat network consent application and grant a heat network consent, or
b
refuse the application.
2
Subsection (3) applies to a heat network consent application relating to—
a
the construction and operation of a heat network, or
b
the operation of a heat network.
3
Before agreeing to the application and granting a heat network consent for a heat network, the appropriate consent authority must be satisfied that each person to whom the consent is to be granted has (or will have) a right to use each listed asset of the heat network for the purpose of operating the heat network.
4
Where the appropriate consent authority proposes to refuse a heat network consent application, it must give the applicant notice—
a
stating that it proposes to refuse the application,
b
stating the reasons why it proposes to refuse the application, and
c
specifying the date by which the applicant may make representations about the proposed refusal to the appropriate consent authority.
5
In subsection (3), “listed asset”, in relation to a heat network, has the meaning given in section 91.